Montezuma County’s crisis intervention program will be out of funding June 30 and forced to stop its operations. In the three years it has been around, the Community Intervention Program has responded...

Just as the sun sank behind the La Plata Mountains northwest of Sunnyside Farms on Saturday evening, something magical happened: Tiny yellow lights began to twinkle here and there among the wind-rippl...

I wish a course on the original intent of the U.S. Constitution was a requirement for all students. Anyone who thinks illegals should be allowed to stay, supported by our taxes for food, housing, medi...

A Durango Police Department officer who had recently completed training resigned Wednesday after being linked to an alleged DWI scandal in New Mexico, where he previously served as a law enforcement o...

About 4.2 million roadless acres of National Forest land in Colorado will remain protected despite the Trump administration’s announcement Monday that 59 million acres of roadless set-asides in Wester...

Children’s Kiva Montessori School in Cortez has been named the American Montessori Society’s Spotlight School, earning recognition for fostering a global approach to education, curiosity and community...

With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, I have been thinking about freedom and liberty. As Americans we enjoy both, but while they are often lumped together, they are not the same. A recent Goog...

From the moment Jaris McDonald first stepped onto the field as a Panther, he was determined to make a meaningful impact on the Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball team. This season, McDonald did exa...

A local cyclist, Ernest (Joe) Green, 74, of Cortez, was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on East Main Street on May 2, according to a Cortez Police Department report. The driver, Mig...

In the latest contentious land use disagreement, permitting for a new Dollar General Store at an intersection of Colorado Highway 145 and County Road N in Dolores drew sharp criticism Tuesday morning ...