U.S. Justice Department leaders doubted that a lawsuit to overturn marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state would succeed, so they felt they had little choice but to accept the laws, a ...

The Montezuma County Health Department Dental Clinic or Smile Makers offer dental treatment at no cost (Medicaid) or low cost (CHP and children with no dental insurance). Call Smile Makers...

A benefit dinner for Emanuel “Manny” Fernandez will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center on Road S. There will be Frito pies for dinner, a silent...

Wednesday, Aug. 28 A vehicle was pulled over because its passenger’s side headlight was out. The officer contacted the driver and noticed there was fresh blood in the vehicle and on the mal...

Saturday, Aug. 24 An officer responded to Mesa Verde National Park to assist Mesa Verde law enforcement locate a red SUV involved in a harassment. The victim was on an employee bus, and the...

The next USDA Commodity Distribution will be Saturday, Sept. 28. It will be held in Cortez at the Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160, from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Distributions also will be held in...

Montezuma County residents will not be affected by mail delivery and retail operations when the U.S. Postal Service consolidates its processing operations in Durango later this month. “Firs...

After a long battle, residents of Lebanon Estates subdivision were granted approval to remove a controversial no-left turn sign from the intersection of North Loop Road and Road 25. Before ...

On Sunday, Sept. 8, Empire Electric experienced an outage south of Cortez along U.S Highway 491/160. A driver in a pickup heading north sheared off one of the main line poles for the electrical distri...