The mining boom is long over for San Juan County, though it left a trove of golden real estate opportunity. Provided the buyer doesn’t mind primitive living, a plot to build a rustic mounta...

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The Amazing Authors Tour 2015-2016 showcased published, engaging, amusing, fascinating, compelling, regional writers from America’s stunning Southwest who travel to libraries in Bayfield, Cortez and T...

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s only Republican member of Congress has joined the fight between ranchers and the federal government over access to water on national forest lands, saying the state can do mo...

The Cortez Knights of Columbus Council 4209 has announced two Knights Memorial Scholarships. Nathaniel Baker Nathaniel Baker is a 2016 graduate of Montezuma-Cortez High School. He plans to ...

Many local citizens participated in the Heart & Soul project that was undertaken by the city of Cortez as the result of being awarded a grant from the Orton Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to...

The Spruce Tree Coffeehouse in Cortez is showing the work of local photographers Mike Znerold and Barbara Grist until July 15. Znerold photographs highlight his work of detail shots of succ...

Denise Gard and her famous Border Collie, Sienna, will bring tail-wagging tales to life as Sienna performs amazing tricks and acts out stories for all ages at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at the Cortez Publ...