As part of a temporary stopgap government funding measure passed last week, Congress also approved a one-year extension of the Farm Bill. While the Farm Bill is seen as-must pass legislation by all si...

On Christmas Day, the Montezuma County Annex Building in downtown Cortez hosted hundreds of people as they enjoyed a hearty holiday meal, together. Community members filled plates with ham, sweet pot...

The Cortez Fire Protection District put a sales tax on the ballot in November, and it passed with 54% of voters in favor of it. Only those within their district voted on it, as the tax only applies to...

On the afternoon of Dec. 12, a red-tailed hawk was released in Mesa Verde National Park, about a month after it was injured there. In early November, it had “reportedly flew into a car,” so the park’s...

Another strong season on the cheer mats yielded more feathers in the caps of local spirit programs at Mancos and Montezuma-Cortez, as each team earned an all-state selection from their performance at ...

The third track off the late John Prine’s 1973 album “Sweet Revenge” starts off with the lyric: “It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good, we had turkey and pistols carved out of wood.” ...

Brilliance on the gridiron has become a standard expectation for Southwest Colorado’s football programs. It should come as no surprise, then, that the region collected another hefty haul of all-state...

Jeremiah Hight, the suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a child in Towaoc, was arrested at 3:52 p.m. Christmas Eve west of Oljato, Utah, by the Navajo Police Department K-9 unit and the Bureau of ...

On Monday, the Cortez Police Department arrested Deseray Harnish for a protection order violation/possession of drug paraphernalia and Charles Alberts on a warrant, among other charges. The pair were ...

Nicholas Wentz received a plea hearing date, as well as an admonishment from a judge in the Montezuma County Combined Courts on Wednesday. Wentz appeared for a pretrial conference in three cases and ...