MANCOS – Ever since Josh Gardner took the helm of the Mancos football program in 2018, the Bluejays have constructed a program that has become the gold standard in Colorado’s 8-man division. The resul...

CORTEZ – Few teams restock the cupboard like Montezuma-Cortez boys golf. After another off-season that included the graduation of three of their state qualifiers from a year ago, the Panthers are gett...

Several dozen people packed into the Rico Fire Station Tuesday evening for a meeting with officials handling the Stoner Mesa Fire, in turn bracing for the chance of an evacuation and witnessing the co...

DOVE CREEK – In his first day on the job, there weren’t many surprises for new Dove Creek High School football coach Brennan Banks. After all, he had seen plenty of the Bulldogs in action from their t...

DOLORES – Breaking their final huddle of an early season practice, there’s a palpable feeling that this group of Dolores Bears has something different about them. For a program in search of their firs...

After refusing to appear in 22nd Judicial District Court on July 31, Shane French showed up for his preliminary hearing on Tuesday after being arrested in May on suspicion of menacing with a deadly we...

As the Stoner Mesa Fire reached 7,100 acres, firefighters continued working to keep flames from spilling over into Colorado Highway 145 to the south and County Road 38 to the west, with helicopter wat...

DOLORES – Dolores cross-country has been building a program from the ground up over the past few years, and now they’re seeing the ripening fruits of their labor. Flash back to 2022 – the DHS boys cro...

Biking is a passion 8-year-old Tipton Weber has had for nearly his entire life. The talented young biker began his biking career when he was 2 years old, and that love of biking has stuck. Weber recen...

Sundog Gallery, a newly opened art space in downtown Mancos, has announced that it will host an exhibition celebrating the life and work of Cortez painter Stanton Englehart, including rare pieces, nev...