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Sediment dredging at McPhee gives access to last of irrigation water

Ongoing drought and historic low water level reveal sediment blockage

4-H youths thrive at Montezuma County Fair

Popular livestock sale wraps up events Saturday

Our forgotten potato industry

Montezuma County hosted a potato cellar at the edge of Cortez, and farm in the valley

Montezuma School to Farm awarded grants for water and drought curriculum

The Montezuma School to Farm Project has been awarded $123,000 in grants to teach students about water conservation, soil health and career pathways in those fields. The Colorado Water Proje...

Farmers Market: Leafcutter Farms, like its six-legged namesake, grows mushrooms

Fungus farmers also sell cultivation supplies for would-be growers

As drought cuts hay crop, cattle ranchers face culling herds

‘If it rained four inches, there wouldn’t be a cow to sell for five months’ STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered ...

How is Colorado’s new farmworkers rights bill being received by migrant farmworkers?

In fields hours away from the political pressure cooker of the Colorado legislature, Senate Bill 87 is stoking a different kind of debate.

Southwest Coloradans raise questions, concerns about wolf restoration

Diverse crowd attends open house to discuss reintroduction

Monsoon delivers (so far) across Southwest Colorado

The rains are a welcome sight after last year’s dry summer and low-snowpack winter

Montezuma County Fair kicks off Friday

Country concert, rodeos, demolition derby and 4-H animal shows define rural lifestyle

Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks public for input on wolf reintroduction

Feedback will inform reintroduction plans for apex predator

Southwest food co-op sees success through virtual farmers market

Local food cooperative Southwest Farm Fresh saw a 70% boost in sales during the economic tumult of 2020 in part because of its new online farmers market. The Cortez-based co-op connects cust...