A man was arrested Friday in Cortez for allegedly threatening a dog with a gun and firing the handgun when the dog barked at him. Cortez Police officer Jacob Bourdon responded to the scene about 8:30 ...

While Homecoming isn’t officially until the second weekend in October, this weekend of action will feature plenty of opportunities for Montezuma-Cortez High School fans to cheer on their teams on thei...

A 9-year-old boy died earlier this month after riding a child’s motorcycle into a road south of Durango and colliding with a passing vehicle, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Caleb Conrad Stew...

Unless you have been fortunate enough to be out in the wilderness for the last nine months, I am sure that you are aware that election season is upon us. Actually, I think that election season has ju...

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Dolores Ranger District started and finished planned prescribed fires at Salter Y. They burned the 1,280-acre area they intended to, located about 15 miles east of Cahone, ...

Montezuma-Cortez Superintendent Harry (Tom) Burris, accused of failing to report allegations of child abuse, on Wednesday gained a continuance during his first appearance in 22nd Judicial District Cou...

Once a month in the county annex building, the Montezuma County commissioners will host an event to answer questions, converse and connect with community members. It’s called “Coffee with the County,...

Kaylee Sanders, 22, was sentenced in the 22nd Judicial District to the maximum 55 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering her brother, Morgan Dane Salgado, 22, and Lewis Wall, 66. She a...

Southwest Open School is working to hep solve the food insecurity seen on the school’s campus, according to SWOS Director Casey Simpson. The idea for this initiative was created after Simpson said sch...

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is trying to make good on a promise made and broken by a Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency administrator to compensate the business owners who were financially har...