Colorado and the other six states that share the Colorado River will not solve the current water crisis without implementing intelligent land use. We can address our disconnect between water use and g...

The image of newly freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lifting his mother, Ella Milman, off the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Thursday says it all. The relief, the elat...

Cortez received 1.01 inches of precipitation in July, which is nearly an inch more than the 0.11 inches seen last July. “We certainly did much better than last July,” said Jim Andrus, a Cortez weather...

Mancos plans to add pickleball and sandpit volleyball courts to its local park within the next few years as part of its master plan for recreation. The master plan includes a vision for the next 20 ye...

Colorado State Patrol is increasing its efforts to promote safe driving and combat drunken driving. Overall crashes in Troop 5A’s jurisdiction are down 21% compared to last year, while proactive DUI a...

A wire deliberately strung across the Wilson Mesa Trail was discovered on July 10 by a dirt bike rider on a stretch of trail between National Forest System Roads 645 and 623. Physical barricades and a...

In a page-out to law enforcement, a 911 dispatcher marked the end of duty for Ozzy, a 7-year-old K-9 who ended his career Friday with the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office. Ozzy spent his five-year car...

In order to mitigate the effects of any possible avian flu cases, this year’s Montezuma County Fair Poultry Show was held upstairs in the fairground’s main barn, far from other livestock. Even in thi...