The Cortez Sanitation District has repeatedly claimed that sewer rates had to be adjusted at the beginning of the year because of inconsistent and unreliable billing data from the city. Cit...

A junior golf clinic will take place at Conquistador Golf Course, June 2-6. The clinic will last from 8 to 10 a.m. each day and is open to golfers of all abilities between the ages of 6 and 17. ...

This weekend, stock car racers will circle the track Fairgrounds Speedway, adding a chapter to Cortez’s rich racing history. Though a few competitors are new to the area, local drivers hav...

A 36-year-old Montezuma County man will be sentenced next month on a sex-abuse charge. The victim was the defendant’s underage daughter. According to court records, Craig Sharp of County Ro...

Arriving at Yucca House National Monument leaves a lot to the imagination. But that’s half the fun of visiting this unexcavated ruin that keeps its secrets from when it was a thriving villa...

Colorado’s Free Fishing Weekend is scheduled for June 7-8. Anglers of all ages can fish without a license anywhere in the state that weekend. Many states allow free fishing during one or tw...

Sorrow Sublime, a new fiction novel by Cortez author Curtis L. Gray, is now on its nationwide release. Gray’s novel is about a family’s mysterious abduction. A family travels to a city with...

Cortez, SJMA work together on kids projects SJMA is working with Cortez Parks and Recreation and Trout Unlimited, Dolores River Anglers chapter, to bring educational programs to children, ...

A New York archaeology professor treks to Cortez next week to discuss ancient ruins south of the border in Mexico. Part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Col...