At the grave of my drill sergeant at Arlington National Cemetery. I saw on the news that he had been killed while I was working out at the Durango Recreation Center. The reason it made such big news w...

Monday, May 11 2:53 p.m.: A deputy responded to the 11700 block of Road 24.4 for a report of a dog bite. A woman was allegedly bitten on her leg and arm by a Great Dane that had gotten out of a proper...

A Cortez women accused of killing a motorcyclist in a crash at Hawkins and East Main streets in March waived her right to a preliminary hearing in 22nd Judicial District Court on June 4. Shandine John...

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief stemming from an incident that took place during an October immigration protest in Durango appeared v...

The Colorado Association of School Executives recently named Montezuma-Cortez High School Principal Jennifer Boniface this year’s Principal Rookie of the Year, citing her impact as a relatively new sc...

A Cortez man was sentenced Friday to three years in the Department of Corrections after a jury in the U.S. 22nd Judicial District convicted him of six felony counts of menacing involving a knife and a...

Ancient Echoes, a lodging and retreat center tucked within McElmo Canyon, will be hosting a construction workshop and volunteer session from June 7 to 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, instructing at...

A Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate will attend the U.S. Naval Academy and continue his baseball career at the Division I level after earning one of the most competitive appointments for high scho...

Good Sam’s Food Pantry is hosting a free squash planting and water resources workshop at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in its garden at 30 N. Beech St. in Cortez. “We think it's important to reclaim this parking...

What if raising pay wasn’t the only way to keep employees around? Southwest Colorado small businesses often struggle to pay their employees competitive – or at times even livable – wages. Audre...