Graduation is a time to celebrate a great victory, but also struggles faced and obstacles to come, echoed speakers at the Montezuma-Cortez High School commencement ceremony on Thursday. “Talent may op...

Hundreds of family and friends piled into the bleachers at Panther Stadium to watch the graduating seniors receive their diplomas. M-CHS Principal Jennifer Boniface served as emcee, and told the gathe...

Thursday, May 15 7:48 a.m.: An officer responded to the Montezuma County Health Department, 106 W. North St., where a man previously trespassed from the property was found lying outside. He was issued...

Where were you way back in time, when your duly-elected county commissioners made utility solar power generation a legal accessory use on ag-zoned land? Where were you when the JUWI project was first ...

Colorado charity, NPI, has a new website – needfulprovision.com – with videos on counterindesertification, an innovative greenhouse and desert farming technique. The FBI, DHS, Border 911 and CIA are ...

My wife and I are graduates of Montezuma-Cortez High School and still own property in the Cortez area so we subscribe to our “hometown” newspaper. As a Jeffersonian conservative and political observe...

Sunday, April 27 3:40 a.m.: A deputy responded to assist Cortez Police Department with a domestic violence assault investigation at 1016 E. Main St., Trailer 8, Cortez. ​ The deputy waited near the re...

In the Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.), the Carthaginian General Hannibal deflected the Romans toward the center and then flanked the Romans from behind, encircling the Romans with a devastating attack. R...

Driving into the county from the south, you’ll follow the Rio Grande through its canyon, as it heads down towards Santa Fe and Albuquerque, carrying drinking water for the rest of the state and contin...

CORTEZ Saturday, May 24 Mesa Verde Gardeners Annual Plant Sale, 8:30 a.m. - sold out, 109 W. Main St. Cash or check only. Old & new garden delights plus tomatoes. Details: mesaverdegardeners.org. Thu...