The gourd dance started at 2 p.m. with an opening prayer along with the presenting of colors by Kirtland Central High JROTC. Dakari White, a KCHS cadet, read the script for the folding of the flag du...

Jake Miller always dreamed of becoming a ski patroller, wearing a red jacket, and racing down a mountainside on high-stakes rescue missions. When he graduated from college in 2022, he applied for a jo...

Guides in the outdoor industry inevitably come up with collective nicknames for customers. On horseback they’re “dudes,” on the river they’re “mers” –short for customers – and they’re “sticks” if you’...

Beyond a few catchy, earwormy dance songs, I’d never been a fan of global pop star Pink. She was too flashy, too predictable, too something not for my taste. Seriousness of purpose isn’t a measure for...

“Spending the holidays with family? You could spend part of it with the Nowaks of Buffalo, New York.” That’s the pitch coming out of the Sunflower Theatre as the Sunflower Troupe prepares to launch it...

Cortez teenager Cruz Plewe on Nov. 1 became one of the youngest hunters in Colorado to shoot a desert bighorn ram in the once-in-a-lifetime hunt. According to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, nearly 7...

Avian flu was found in a noncommercial backyard flock of chickens in San Juan County, and all but one of the 14 birds have died, according to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. New Mexico offic...

While retention issues persist, the Southwest Health System is working to bolster its workforce, CEO Joe Theine told Montezuma County leaders on Tuesday, including adding health care professionals in ...

In a special legislative session that concluded Monday afternoon, the Colorado General Assembly cut property taxes by $434 million and increased taxpayer refunds for most Coloradans by redistributing ...