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Work underway to put out mining fire that’s burned for more than 20 years

The blaze started decades ago when an old pile of coal waste spontaneously combusted, according to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The smoldering 35-foot-high, football field-...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: Regional News

Bloomfield library kicks off reading program with a color run

With shrieks and giggles, more than 30 children ran a colorful gauntlet Thursday morning at the Bloomfield Public Library. The Color Fun Run was the kickoff event for the library’s summer reading prog...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Ute tribe secures approval to reopen pottery shop in Cortez

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has received approval to reopen its pottery shop at 27601 Highway 160 in Cortez, after a comprehensive application process and presentation to the Montezuma County Board of ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: Community

Colorado law requiring people buying guns to be 21 or older can stand, federal judge rules

Colorado’s law requiring people to be at least 21 years old to buy a gun can stand, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The ruling is a definitive win for gun control advocates and a blow to the group Roc...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: Regional News

Police blotter

Thursday, May 29 ​ 11:44 a.m.: An officer responded to the Rec Center, 425 N. Roger Smith Ave., regarding an unwanted man trespassed from the property since 2016. ​He was issued a citation for trespas...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: For the record

Thank you for teaching me to fight

Dear Daddy, You would abhor what is happening to your country. You flew 50 missions in nine months as a navigator in B17s out of Northern Africa into Italy. I have always been so incredibly grateful a...
DATE: Jun 06, 2025 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cortez Water Dragons making waves this summer

CORTEZ – While many youths couldn’t wait for the Cortez Municipal Pool to reopen its gates after Memorial Day, the Cortez Water Dragons swim club had already been hard at work in the pool for weeks. G...
DATE: Jun 05, 2025 CATEGORY: Sports

Jury trial vacated, bench trial set in former DA case

A district court judge has vacated the jury trial in the drunken driving case of former Montezuma County District Attorney Christian Hatfield. Eleventh Judicial District Court Judge David R. Pederson ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2025 CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

Sheriff’s blotter

Saturday, May 3 ​ 8:51 a.m.: Responded to 27621 County Road H, Cortez, for a reported out-of-control burn that caught a power pole on fire. ​ The fire department extinguished the fire, and Empire Elec...
DATE: Jun 05, 2025 CATEGORY: For the record

Colorado Food Cluster announces free summer meal program for kids

The Colorado Food Cluster is now accepting registrations for a free summertime meal program targeting low-income families in Montezuma County and other eligible areas. Applications will be accepted on...
DATE: Jun 05, 2025 CATEGORY: Education

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