The lack of snow in the San Juan Mountains is a worrisome harbinger of the season to come for water managers and fire officials. The watershed basin that spans Southwest Colorado has only 66% of the m...

It’s not often news like this comes across the A&E desk: Musicians, this one’s for you – legendary cowboy/Western band the Bar D Wranglers are seeking a new bandmate, and you have a few weeks to prepa...

A serious crash that closed U.S. Highway 550 south of Purgatory Resort for almost four hours Wednesday and sent three to the hospital was caused by distracted driving, Colorado State Patrol says. A J...

A hands-on Citizens Academy is coming up at the Cortez Police Department to give the community a better idea of a day in the life of a law enforcement officer. It starts on April 3 and runs every Thu...

In an effort to enhance safety and slow down traffic, the Colorado Department of Transportation lowered speed limits on U.S. Highways 491 and 160. The changes are concentrated near Montezuma-Cortez M...

The beloved Aztec Restaurant, which has served up down-home cooking for decades, has closed amid mounting safety concerns and structural issues with the building, leaving 20 employees without a job. O...

The city of Cortez first leased its fiber operations to Montrose-based Clearnetworx in 2023, and it’s installing lines to more than 4,500 addresses within city limits. So far, over 1,100 people in Cor...

A head-on crash on U.S. Highway 550 near Electra Lake, 4 miles south of Purgatory Resort, shut down all lanes of travel shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Both lanes of traffic reopened at 2:15 p.m. ...

Inspired by his upbringing in Morocco, longtime Cortez resident Abdel Berrada recently published his first novel. To talk through some of its Moroccan cultural elements – and to sign books and mingle ...