CORTEZ – When asked what approach he wanted his players to take when they stepped into the batter’s box, new Montezuma-Cortez High School head coach Evan Frost made his message clear: “You have a gree...

DOLORES – Long gone are the days where the Dolores High School boys cross country team entered races without enough competitors to generate a complete team score. This fall, head coach Angie Lowe migh...

DOLORES – If last year’s dominant run through the season sent shivers up the spines of San Juan Basin League opponents, then the past 10 months of preparation for the 2026 edition of Dolores volleybal...

Early Wednesday morning, a black bear was shot and killed by a homeowner after breaking into a home. The incident happened on Road 25 near Dolores at around 12:27 a.m. after the bear smashed a window ...

Colorado’s job growth in 2026 is weaker than expected, according to a report from CU’s Leeds School of Business. CU economists cut their forecast from 17,000 new jobs this year to 6,000. Weak employme...

CORTEZ – One of the major benefits of having freshmen and sophomores as the backbone of the program means that the team has several years to generate a blueprint for success. For the 2026 Montezuma-Co...

CORTEZ – More than a few Eli Tomac T-shirts adorned the Montezuma County Fairgrounds grandstands Saturday evening Aug. 15. After all, it was events like this one where the Cortez-native Motocross supe...

CORTEZ – When M-CHS squares off with Durango on Aug. 20 to kick off another volleyball season, a whole bunch of Panthers will be in a unique position – in the starting rotation for the varsity team. B...

The U.S. Senate just passed S. 5025, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, by a vote of 86-11. It now heads to the U.S. House, and it needs to pass once congressional representatives return fr...

Since Congress let ACA premium subsidies lapse and the One Big Beautiful Bill took effect in July 2025, nearly 5 million people lost private coverage in 2026 alone – the steepest single-year drop sinc...