Cortez

Southwest Health System and the Montezuma County Hospital District are hosting an open house on June 4 from 6-8 p.m. for the public to tour the newly completed Inpatient Wing and Medical Office...

KSJD Community Radio has hired a new local news and morning host, Daniel Rayzel. The change comes after current host Austin Cope announced he was leaving KSJD to work in India for two years....

Charges were filed Wednesday against the five suspects who were arrested in mid-May in connection with a Cortez drug trafficking investigation. Rommel Aviles-Reyes, Zekiel Biard, Jessie Valenzuela...

In a special meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council scheduled interviews and a public meet-and-greet for the candidates competing for city manager. Five people have been chosen as finalists...

The day after Memorial Day, Cortez police officers honored a fallen comrade in a small ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of Dale Claxton’s death. Claxton died May 29, 1998, in a shootout...

If you were to ask the man on the street, “Where is Hallarville?” You would get a blank stare. Old-timers know it was a 40-acre roadside business on the north side of U.S. Highway 160, opposite the...

The Horse Park Fire has scorched 1,240 acres in a remote area between Dove Creek and Norwood, triggering pre-evacuation orders. But firefighters are making progress on containment, fire officials...

A new yarn and fabric collective will hold its grand opening in Cortez on Thursday. Southwest Farm to Yarn is made up of 31 sheep and alpaca owners, spinners, weavers, dyers and other craftspeople...

The Sleeping Ute Mountain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution spent the days leading up to Memorial Day placing flags on the graves of veterans around Montezuma County. For about a...

Southwest Health System ambulance crews held a “flash mob” event Thursday at the Cortez City Market as part of EMS Week. A crew of emergency medical technicians rushed in and set up medical...