LEDE SUGGESTION: Cortez has twice been shaken by fatal drunk driving crashes since December. As family members of the victims continue to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, they reflect ...

Sustainability is a matter of community and economic well-being. You might be rolling your eyes, thinking that sustainability is a bunch of bleeding heart hippie nonsense. Here are some things to cons...

A Cortez woman accused of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault pleaded not guilty Thursday in 22nd Judicial District Court. Nykhona Holiday appeared in court Thursday, enteri...

A 90-year-old man driving west on Florida Road crashed a Lincoln MKC through the roundabout near Chapman Hill and damaged a cyclist statue Saturday morning – one of only two remaining after a nearly i...

CORTEZ – The Montezuma-Cortez Middle School track and field team made sure to end their season with a bang. Wrapping up their schedule with the San Juan Basin League championships, the Panthers closed...

Cortez author Curt Melliger always had a tattered American flag from his dad, a World War II veteran, swinging from his porch. With some of the proceeds from his publication in Chicken Soup for the So...

Cocktail bar and dinner restaurant The Wilds Tavern opened May 1 on Main Avenue in the space formerly occupied by Switchback Taco. Lindsay and Dan Gearig, owners of Switchback, announced plans to con...

Southwest Health System is preparing for its annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday in anticipation of National Hospital Week. This year’s National Hospital Week will be held from May 10-May 16, celebrating h...

Lewis-Arriola Elementary School Principal Angela Sauk and Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Eddie Ramirez traveled to Denver to accept the elementary school’s John Irwin School of Excell...

CORTEZ – When M-CHS senior Camryn Oliver powered home a perfectly placed corner kick to tie the match with six minutes left in regulation, Panther Stadium erupted as their home-standing orange-and-bla...