Banned Books Week, observed Oct. 5 to 11, has come and gone, but its message deserves to linger. Across Montezuma and La Plata counties, public libraries continue to champion one of democracy’s core v...

I fear the assassination of Charlie Kirk lit the fuse toward civil war. So remember the old Boy Scouts of America motto: “Be Prepared.” Randall Eicher Cortez

A federal judge Tuesday set final preparations for next week’s trial of Lyndreth Wall, the former Ute Mountain Ute leader and Cortez school board member accused of federal sex assault charges. Wall fa...

Cortez police on Monday announced the arrest of Zakery Kibel on identity theft and nine other charges. Kibel, 31, was also charged with first- and third-degree criminal trespass, three counts of theft...

After soaking rain and a stretch of chilly mornings in October, Southwest Colorado will shift toward warmer and drier weather in November. The NOAA Climate Prediction Center outlooks, discussed by Nat...

The city of Cortez is proposing changes to its land-use code to speed up the review process for affordable housing projects – a move required under Colorado’s Proposition 123 that might unlock new fun...

Farmington police have identified a 51-year-old man from Pueblo, Colorado, as the victim in an aggravated battery case involving two syringes taped to a Walmart toilet seat, with new details emerging....

For the first time in decades, Cortez officials are taking a close look at the city’s stormwater infrastructure. City officials and engineers unveiled a draft of the new stormwater master plan earlier...

On Friday morning, workers brought ashore a hot tub washed into Vallecito Reservoir by torrential rain and flooding. A video on the Facebook group Explore Vallecito showed the hot tub, adorned with a...

Evelyn Lopez and Marilynn House will face off in a runoff vote on Oct. 29 after a recount last week failed to break the tie in the race for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council. After a recount was...