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A Montezuma-Cortez High School student brought a gun to school Tuesday, according to a letter sent by school district officials later that night. District staff members and Cortez police officials...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
It was not an easy road for many students in the LPN-to-RN program at Pueblo Community College, but when they walked across the stage Friday evening for their pinning ceremony, it was with heads...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Short-term entrance fees at Mesa Verde National Park will increase more than 55% next year. The increase follows a request for public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017. National...
DATE: Dec. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Tasha Rayburn gave birth nearly a year ago and was embracing life as a new mother when her health started to deteriorate fast – and to make matters worse, no one knew why. About three weeks after...
DATE: Dec. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Rescue crews responded to two crashes Monday that occurred on icy roads in Montezuma County. At 9:20 a.m. a two-vehicle crash in icy conditions caused an injury on Colorado Highway 145 at milepost...
DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Southwest Colorado has been chosen for $50 million in additional funding for expanded forest health and wildfire mitigation efforts on public and private land. The newly formed Rocky Mountain...
DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Colorado Sun Colorado’s 25-year-old school funding formula is one step closer to a makeover, but lawmakers are still pinning down exactly how changes might would impact the state’s 178 school...
DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education
For 14 years, Jack Schuenemeyer and his dog, Cory, geared up in Thanksgiving-themed costumes and led the milelong Turkey Trot in Cortez. In 2018, Cory led her last trot. In July, Schuenemeyer had...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Learn about our local feathered friends from experienced birders at the Cortez Christmas Bird Count Dec. 28. The all-day or half day carpool tours begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Cortez Cultural Center,...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
In commemoration of veterans and those lost in combat, City Park in Cortez has been renamed Veterans Park. The Cortez City Council approved the park renaming at its regular meeting Tuesday night,...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The municipal courtroom at Cortez City Hall has a new name: the “Roy Lane Courtroom,” in honor of the retiring police chief of 38 years. Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane announced in November that he...
DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A BLM ranger assigned to the Tres Rios Field Office responded Nov. 22 to a Colorado State Patrol call for assistance in the pursuit of two suspected car thieves. According to the Durango Police...
DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A home on Jenkins Ranch Road sold for $3.1 million on Dec. 31, 2019, making it the most expensive sale within Durango city limits in recent memory, according to a local real estate agent. The 7,567-square-foot home has six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and one half bathroom, and sits on 3.81 acres.
