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A year after engineering a major policy shift in Colorado, the Democratic-led General Assembly returns to the Capitol this week with much left on its to-do list. Like the 2019 session, the question...
DATE: Jan. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The new station for the Pleasant View Fire Department is ready for use. The facility is located on a 5-acre parcel at 15235 County Road CC, across the street from Pleasant View Elementary School....
DATE: Jan. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Cortez land use code update has sparked vocal opposition at recent meetings for both the City Council and Montezuma County Board of Commissioners. The code update includes new standards for...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Cortez police request the public’s help to catch graffiti vandals in town. Suspects are being sought for recent graffiti that has caused thousands of dollars in property damage to local businesses,...
DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The city of Cortez has approved a resolution supporting the Colorado Water Plan – a grassroots effort to meet the growing need for water across the state. Back in 2013, former Gov. John...
DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Colorado State Patrol has identified the man who died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S Highway 160/491 as Ernest R. Begay, 69, of Kayenta, Arizona. The head-on crash occurred Dec. 31 at mile...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Welcome to the world Sayler Roy Perales, the first baby born in 2020 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. Zhjade Perales, of Cortez, gave birth to Sayler at 5:16 a.m. New Year’s Day as a soft...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Mesa Verde National Park may become an International Dark Sky Park in the coming year. The Mesa Verde Museum Association has been working on its application to receive the designation since 2015,...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A New Year’s Eve fire north of Cortez claimed the barn of Lisa and Darrell Buchanan, but their 30 chickens and their horse, Pops, are safe thanks to passersby who opened a gate for the mare and...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A two-vehicle crash killed one man Tuesday south of Cortez on U.S. 160/491, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred just before 1 p.m. and involved a white Ram...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Montezuma County budget jumped for 2020, with additional expenditures going toward paving roads, infrastructure projects and law enforcement. On Dec. 17 county commissioners approved a $51.3...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
In 2019, rural Montezuma County pushed forward on recreation, economic development and solar energy. Officials addressed issues with social services, state gun control laws, better law enforcement...
DATE: Dec. 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of our Native American community on campus and the families directly affected by Indian boarding schools."
