DOLORES – There’s plenty of excitement in Bear territory for the upcoming volleyball season – and with the combination of an influx of new talent, a wide-open San Juan Basin League title race, and a n...

CORTEZ – After a 2024 season where the Panthers boys soccer team flashed glimpses of their future potential, fourth-year head coach Juan Soto believes that this could be a watershed season for the pro...

What is white’s best move? White’s rooks are coordinated and aiming to double on the 6th rank, as white’s knight leans heavily into black’s position. Black’s rooks, by contrast, are not coordina...

A Farmington man accused of first-degree murder in the shooting of a Black man could soon be out of jail, after a Gallup judge’s ruling to release him pending trial. District Judge Bradley Keeler orde...

Bitterblossom Games, a tabletop gaming and collectible card trading spot, has opened a larger location on West Main Street after a year of business in Cortez. The gaming business, founded by Aaron Cat...

MANCOS – Ever since Josh Gardner took the helm of the Mancos football program in 2018, the Bluejays have constructed a program that has become the gold standard in Colorado’s 8-man division. The resul...

CORTEZ – Few teams restock the cupboard like Montezuma-Cortez boys golf. After another off-season that included the graduation of three of their state qualifiers from a year ago, the Panthers are gett...

Several dozen people packed into the Rico Fire Station Tuesday evening for a meeting with officials handling the Stoner Mesa Fire, in turn bracing for the chance of an evacuation and witnessing the co...

DOVE CREEK – In his first day on the job, there weren’t many surprises for new Dove Creek High School football coach Brennan Banks. After all, he had seen plenty of the Bulldogs in action from their t...

DOLORES – Breaking their final huddle of an early season practice, there’s a palpable feeling that this group of Dolores Bears has something different about them. For a program in search of their firs...