La Plata Electric Association set ambitious goals this week to cut its carbon footprint by 50 percent and keep costs lower than 70 percent of its peer cooperatives in Colorado. LPEA’s board...

Ballantine Communications Inc. has announced that it will transition the print edition of the “The changes better reflect the needs of the community and our own business,” Ballantine CEO Doug Bennet...

A Montezuma County woman who has been arrested three times in six weeks for violating bail conditions was arrested Wednesday in court after showing up drunk. Samantha Yanito, 26, was senten...

Thursday, Jan. 3 6:12 p.m.: Loose cattle were reported on a property on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 491. The owner took them back to her property, and a deputy observed that they appeared...

Ten days after Cortez resident Robert Marquez led Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies on a An anonymous call from a New Mexico area code about 10:24 p.m. on Dec. 8 tipped off MCSO staff that Marquez...

Mercy Regional Medical Center and all other hospitals across the nation were required to start posting prices for services online this month by a federal rule intended to improve transparency in healt...

A Dolores man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly punching a man with a mental disability in the face while imprisoning him in a Cortez trailer. Erik L. Genaw, 30, faces char...

Since 2005, Tony Hernandez has been hard at work on the Cortez backflow prevention program. By the end of this year, Hernandez, cross-connection administrator for the Cortez Public Works D...

Joanne Spina, who capped a 30-year career in public service by leading La Plata County as manager during a time of declining revenue, was named Citizen of the Year on Thursday night at the Durango Roc...