After black thwarts the check with rook takes bishop, white’s queen takes black’s queen. Black is lost with no reasonable hope of a draw. The lesson this week is not checking for a move or two i...

RYE – It just wouldn’t be the state tournament without Montezuma-Cortez in the mix. Courtesy of their performance in the 2A Region 1 tournament at Hollydot Golf Course in Rye on Monday afternoon, the ...

Southwest Colorado will have plenty of representatives in the state track meet at Jefferson County Stadium this weekend. Montezuma-Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, and Dove Creek will all get a chance to have...

CORTEZ – After rains throughout the week in Montezuma County, sunny skies prevailed again Saturday, gracing the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde cycling race with ideal conditions for the showcase cycling event...

Montezuma-Cortez capped their regular season Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader with Bayfield and finishing their season 19-4 overall and 8-0 in the 3A Intermountain League. With the 14-4 and 15-5 vi...

Nobody has shied away from calling Heather Shotton’s ascension to the Fort Lewis College presidency historic. When she steps into the president’s office on July 1, Shotton will become the first Indig...

I would love to see all of our former presidents standing up for our country, our constitution and our civil liberties. Where are they? A couple have spoken out here and there, but not enough apparen...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the ...

“Room 33 – Chaco Canyon’s Room With A View Into the Past,” by filmmaker Larry Ruiz, will premiere at the Fort Lewis College Lyceum as part of a San Juan Basin Archaeological Society presentation on We...