Cortez

Ten days after Cortez resident Robert Marquez led Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies on a 25-mile car chase in late November, the county jail was placed on lockdown on suspicion that he was...

A Dolores man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly punching a man with a mental disability in the face while imprisoning him in a Cortez trailer. Erik L. Genaw, 30, faces charges of...

Since 2005, Tony Hernandez has been hard at work on the Cortez backflow prevention program. By the end of this year, Hernandez, cross-connection administrator for the Cortez Public Works...

Gov. Jared Polis has requested that lawmakers set aside more than $480,000 that would allow Durango driver’s license officials to offer licenses to undocumented immigrants, an expansion of a...

Firewood was scattered across U.S. Highway 160/491 on Thursday morning after a Nissan Altima and red pickup truck collided. Colorado State Patrol Sgt. James Saunders said both southbound drivers...

A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Roads 29 and K.2 late Thursday afternoon caused damage to both vehicles and a complaint of an injury. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Jason Belmont said a...

One of two female juveniles in an October stabbing case near Walmart and Montezuma-Cortez High School was sentenced Thursday to 18 months of supervised probation. She was initially charged on nine...

The 2019 Elks National Hoop Shoot (Free Throw Shooting Contest) – Colorado West District Contest – will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday in Whalen Gymnasium at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. The...

Restoration therapy has been ordered for a Montezuma County woman who allegedly stole two cars within five days in October and then while in jail threw a wet toilet paper roll at a detention...

Gov. Jared Polis has proposed to fulfill a signature campaign promise by offering $227 million to the state’s school districts to fund full-day kindergarten, a proposal that could bring a budget...

Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 trustees unanimously approved a $200,000 state grant for emergency communication system upgrades and reauthorized the charter for Battle Rock Charter School at...