The body of Ian O’Brien, the 28-year-old runner who disappeared near Hesperus Mountain on June 24, was found Sept. 2 by two people fishing in a remote area in Echo Basin northeast of Mancos. Montezuma...

CORTEZ – The cheers reverberated from all corners of “The Jungle” with each point, making the 3A IML opener between Bayfield and Montezuma-Cortez carry all the energy of a state playoff match. A youth...

DOVE CREEK – Many high school student-athletes reflect on the bus rides as some of the most memorable from their athletic experiences. If that’s the case, the Dove Creek girls will have a stockpile of...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday that the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will each receive one-time distributions of funds from the state’s settlement...

Can you trust our county codes to protect from development you never imagined? We in the Animas Valley thought we could. We were wrong! The Animas Valley has something the rest of La Plata County does...

In a recent column, I criticized the intentional film technique of “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan to make some of the dialogue inaudible. I am still stewing over this. And now I have found t...

If there’s one thing the Southwest has, it’s expansive views aplenty. And a local artist who captured those massive vistas was landscape painter Stanton Englehart, who founded Fort Lewis College’s art...

Did Mancos’ Jays really need extra motivation to prepare for Montezuma County rival Dolores’ visit on Thursday? Regardless of the outcome, no. But that’s what Brianna Yeomans-Allison’s crew gained via...