DOLORES – For each of the past several seasons, the Dolores football program has checked off new milestones, seemingly with each passing week. Last year, the Bears have piled up points on a scale that...

CORTEZ – The Panthers football program has a good thing going, and even before his first day on the job, their new head coach had a hand in it. Bryce Waggoner steps into a role where plenty of the Pan...

PHOENIX – It’s been over eight decades since Thomas H. Begay, 101, and his fellow Navajo Code Talkers helped end World War II using the same language that he grew up speaking – at home and herding she...

CORTEZ – One of the big end-of-fair traditions brought bidders out from across the Four Corners to support the 4-H and FFA in the purchase of the animals raised by the Montezuma County Fair entrants. ...

Two men traveling from Arizona were arrested by the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of money laundering when police found $60,650 in cash inside their vehicle Aug. 6, according to an arr...

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd leads in all public polls, holds a firm fundraising advantage and is the incumbent candidate in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race. But his seat may not be as secure as it ...

Southwest Health System in Cortez has announced the addition of board-certified pediatrician Dr. Maggie Bonilla to its medical staff. Bonilla will work alongside Dr. Moriah Tarpey to serve families in...

Construction of the new Dolores High School is expected to be completed by the start of the second semester in January, according to a progress report the Dolores School District Board of Education re...

When a wildfire is finally declared contained, most people breathe a sigh of relief. Families return home. Businesses reopen. The smoke begins to lift from our mountains. But in Southwest Colorado, we...