East versus west versus south. Rural versus urban. County versus county. In more than 100 hours of public testimony during July and August, the two independent commissions redrawing Colorado’s congres...

The beautiful game turns gritty in the dog days of summer. Eighty minutes of running in hot conditions can wear down even the fittest teams. Montezuma-Cortez High School’s soccer team ran into those ...

A 53-year-old woman died from COVID-19 in San Juan County, the county’s first recorded death attributed to the disease, the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management said Wednesday. The woman wa...

Southwest Health System has hired Dr. Jennifer Gero as the new medical director for the Southwest Walk-in Care clinic at 1413 N. Mildred Road in Cortez. Gero has provided medical care in the Emergency...

Montezuma-Cortez’s home golf tournament was a little bit bigger this year as teams came for a preview of the Conquistador Golf Course before it hosts the regional championships in a few weeks. The ext...

Having pounded a kill off the block of Mancos’ Haylie Higgins to mercifully conclude a hot-and-cold first game Tuesday night, one could see Alexis Pontine was at last truly ready to help visiting Igna...

A new grant program announced Thursday by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will distribute money that primary care providers can use to expand vaccination access within their offices. Each recipient will rec...

Joshua David Angle, 33, was sentenced to two years’ probation Thursday for a road rage altercation with a cyclist in April. He pleaded guilty to menacing, a Class 5 felony, as well as to third-degree...

Under a new Colorado mandate, employees of health care facilities are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including staff at Southwest Memorial Hospital. In a 6-1 vote Monday, the Colorado Boa...

Mesa County Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley turned herself in Wednesday after being charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor cybercrimes, according to local prosecutors. An arrest warrant was issued ...