Though summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21, the library will be kicking off the season with the first-ever Cortez Literary Festival. Anne Hillerman will be a featured author, with...

I would like to thank all of the volunteers that supported the American Red Cross’ Sound The Alarm smoke alarm installation event. We had a good group of local volunteers as well as Red C...

Did you know that a representative from the San Juan Citizens Alliance has been regularly attending Empire Electric Association board meetings? Coincidently, there are three board positions...

So our county commissioners have now decided to join the NIMBYs in protesting the location of a legally engineered and permitted telecom tower, to provide essential services to first responders. Not l...

Just a thought about the commissioners wanting to put the cell tower on county property: My guess is that it’s all about the money. As most people don’t realize, the company that puts these...

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and environmental groups will participate in a 5-mile protest march Saturday to the White Mesa uranium mill in southeast Utah. The fourth annual rally and spiritu...

A semitrailer overturned along U.S. Highway 160/491 Wednesday afternoon, creating long lines traffic in both directions just north of Towaoc. The crash, around mile marker 30, happened at a...