Bond Issue Goes Again A petition containing 468 names seemed to convince the members of the Dolores School Board to let voters have another chance to approve the school bond issue for impro...

Thistle M. Francis Thistle M. Francis, better known as; Uncle Tom Francis, passed away at the Johnson hospital in Cortez on Wednesday morning. Thistle M. Francis was born in Harr...

On Tuesday, GOP presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson made a lightning trip to Durango to decry the Environmental Protection Agency before a crowd of thousands at Rotary Park overlooking the maligned ...

The Mancos football team is looking to bounce back after last year's 2-7 record, and with 14 lettermen and a handful of starters returning, the Blue Jays are optimistic about the upcoming season. ...

Mancos volleyball coach Brittany Lang is excited for the 2015 season. Although the Blue Jays lost five players to graduation, they return six. Seniors Jessica Gutierrez, Taryn Gordanier, Ha...

The Tomlynns play at the distillery The Mancos Valley Distillery presents the Cortez band The Tomlynns, Friday, Aug. 28. Doors open at 5 p.m., and music starts at 8 p.m. There's ...

Local artist Jan Wright is holding a free workshop on Thursday that utilizes her ?"Hands of the Ancients" medicine cards. The 28-card deck features Wright's watercolor paintings of rock art...

Greetings, stargazers. The late afternoon monsoon clouds finally parted and made for a few good observing evenings recently. Unfortunately for me, a couple of those nights were interrupte...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used graphics, hashtags and cheeky banter to debate a legitimate policy issue: the cost of higher education. Polit...