Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 schools — apart from the charter schools — are closed through Friday, Nov. 5, according to a district news release Tuesday evening. Students are scheduled to re...

La Plata County commissioners agreed to sign onto the state’s Opioids Settlement Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, paving the way for money to combat the opioid crisis in Southwest Colorado. The...

Formal criminal charges were filed Tuesday in Dolores County court against Ronald J. Morosko, a black-powder hunter accused of fatally shooting bow hunter Gregory Gabrisch in the San Juan National For...

The West Nile virus has killed a resident of Montezuma County, according to a news release from the Montezuma County Public Health Department. It was Montezuma’s only case of the virus this year, the...

Organizers of the Jan. 6 protests that led to a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol were allegedly in communication with Rep. Lauren Boebert’s office in the lead-up to the event, according to a news st...

Editor’s note: Following is a collection of snippets about Montezuma County’s orchard history, from various sources, including The Montezuma Journal. Jasper Hall and his brother Norman Ha...

Peak Food & Beverage will acquire all three Homeslice Pizza restaurants in a local takeover. The acquisition, which was announced last week and is effective Friday, expands Peak’s presence in the Dur...