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...

Thursday, Aug. 6 7:07 a.m.: An officer responded to City Market, 508 E. Main St., after observing a woman who was banned from the property walking across the parking lot. The woman was issued a citati...

The Dolores National FFA Organization chapter was recently awarded a $4,400 grant as part of the nationwide Grants for Growing program sponsored by Tractor Supply Company, according to Dolores FFA tea...

Judge Todd Plewe, presiding in the second division in the Montezuma County Combined Courts, denied a defense request Thursday to disqualify District Attorney Jeremy Reed and special prosecutor Christi...

Mercedes Granados, who has been Mancos deputy clerk for the past three years, was appointed this week to town clerk and treasurer by the Mancos Board of Trustees. The position has been vacant for over...

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...