The Cortez area remains under a winter storm warning after “an extraordinary storm” caught forecasters off-guard and dumped about 10 inches of snow on the Cortez area by Friday morning. The...

As the year comes to an end, plumbers are preparing for the longest, coldest two months of the year. January and February are widely considered in the plumbing industry to be the prime pip...

Feeding big game is illegal in Colorado, and it can be deadly for wildlife. “There’s no doubt that life’s tough for big game during the winter, but feeding these animals can make them sick ...

Monday, Dec. 21 2:10 p.m. A man was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest after police responded to a disturbance at the hospital. The man reported that he inj...

The 21st Annual Ouray Ice Festival will be held Jan. 14-17. The premier ice climbing venue hosts North America’s largest gathering of ice climbers. Presented by Asolo and Rock a...

The United States is a country increasingly steeped in gun culture. Ranging from the philosophical to the horrific, the ramifications of a society whose identity is shaped by the fundamental right to ...

WASHINGTON – If you’re going to engage in a foreign policy capitulation, might as well do it when everyone is getting tanked and otherwise occupied. Say, New Year’s Eve. Here’s the story. I...

Owning a small business in Cortez is no simple task. The cost of owning a business alone is very high in this area, especially considering the number of people living here, cost of living and source o...

Once again another local “constitutionalist” has erroneously claimed that our public lands were stolen from the state of Colorado. Every 20 years or so another sagebrush rebellion rears its ugly head ...

When and why did MCHS become hyphenated as M-CHS? I can find no definitive grammatical rule nor reputable writing style guide indicating the referenced hyphen is needed. For reference by example, a hi...