Cortez

At the Montezuma County Fair Saturday, the community gathered to bid on livestock raised by local 4-H youths. There were 95 animals this year, and 45 buyers representing local businesses, said Greg...

Hundreds participated in two rallies Saturday morning on Main Street in Cortez. “Walk for Justice and Peace,” organized by St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, is held every Saturday. Marchers carry...

This is the fourth year that the Montelores Early Childhood Center is coordinating a school supplies donations drive. But this year is different. The organization is asking that parents apply...

Census takers will soon begin visiting households that have not responded to the 2020 Census. The U.S. Census Bureau has launched a Stop the Knock campaign to encourage people to take the census...

Friends of Cedar Mesa have been awarded $300,000 from the World Monuments Fund to help protect the most at-risk archaeology sites in the Bears Ears area of southeast Utah. The contribution is part...

The Cortez Fire Protection District lowered the fire danger level to “moderate” after spouts of heavy rainfall this week. However, a fire ban remains in effect in Montezuma County, a decision made...

The Cortez City Council on Tuesday signed off on its insurance company’s offer of $63,000 to cover the amount that is believed to have been embezzled by the city’s former finance director. “That’s...

Montezuma County sheriff’s deputy Donnie Mack Brown has been arrested and charged with domestic violence and harassment, according to the Cortez Police Department and 22nd Judicial District...

Tuesday, July 28 The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Montezuma and La Plata counties on Tuesday reported 45,314 cases of COVID-19, including 1,807 deaths statewide. Of the...

Montezuma County officials are again hopeful they have found a public area to access Bureau of Land Management land south of Summit Lake. The 2,000-acre area is landlocked by private lands, and the...