A Cortez woman who allegedly killed a man by stabbing him seven times has been ruled competent to stand trial. Wearing a yellow Montezuma County inmate uniform, Valerie Espinoza, 38, displa...

WASHINGTON – Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civil...

The Dolores river valley is a unique and special place to live, made especially so by the Dolores River. The Dolores River not only provides clean water for drinking, agriculture and other human uses,...

“When the facts are contrary to my opinion I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?” So said a famous economist. But, our country commissioners showed little regard for things like facts, expert test...

About 1 in 10 local businesses have seen their sewer rates increase by 100 percent or more this year, generating nearly $140,000 in added revenues for the Cortez Sanitation District. Accord...

The Dolores Town Board of Trustees met Monday and took care of business in 50 minutes flat during a heavy summer rainstorm. The ordinance to ban medical and retail marijuana stores passed 5...

“READ ...” is the August theme of the Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library, at 202 N. Park St., Cortez, Colo. The preschool Storytime program is every Thursday at 10:30 a....

Incumbent Scott Tipton has spent more campaign contributions this election year than his top challenger has received in donor contributions. According to the Federal Election Commission (FE...

Owners of a double-booked grave site at the Cortez Cemetery have decided to not accept compensation or pursue legal action. Instead, Bob and Lorraine James, of Farmington, N.M., have decide...

Now that we are in the belly of summer, it’s not easy to think any further than the next barbecue or golf game. And yet it is also in our nature to look ahead, to anticipate, and to plan for events t...