Cortez

Human trafficking might seem like a far-off issue, but it’s a problem even in the Four Corners region. Its unexpected prevalence close to home was a key message Kara Napolitano from the Laboratory...

The annual 12 Hours of Mesa Verde mountain bike race is not just an intense endurance test, it’s also a major fundraiser for community youth programs. This year, $66,000 of race proceeds was...

ALBUQUERQUE — It will be up to a federal appeals court to decide whether tens of thousands of acres in New Mexico should be reserved as critical habitat for the endangered jaguar. The 10th U.S....

The Colorado General Federation of Women’s Clubs is celebrating their 125th anniversary by honoring early members who played a key role in the establishment of Mesa Verde National Park in 1906. On...

The Cortez City Council approved first readings for both a land transfer to the county and the updated land use code. The land transfer involves a small parcel of land along Seventh Street that...

A new federal policy intends to open access to electric bicycles on traditional biking trails within lands managed by the U.S. Department of Interior, according to a recent order from Interior...

There will be a drought workshop on Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. sponsored by the Montezuma County Office of Emergency Management and the CSU Extension Office. It will be at the Montezuma County...

Southwest Memorial Hospital has implemented a free syringe disposal program. More than 7.8 billion needles are used each year by the 13.5 million people in the U.S. who self-inject medications...

Forty years ago, Ed Wiseman killed the last known grizzly bear in Colorado. “It still amazes me the attack fascinates people,” Wiseman told The Durango Herald in an interview over the phone from...

The Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 is gearing up for election season and settling the dust after a summer of construction. At its latest regular meeting Sept. 17, the Cortez school board...

The air may be turning crisper, but produce is still bountiful, and Saturday mornings still see a bright array of vendor tents sprouting up along South Chestnut Street for the Cortez Farmers...