Giving Tree scheduled to go up Dec. 2 The Giving Tree is an anonymous, volunteer project that collects and distributes Christmas gifts to about 150 Mancos area residents each year. Now in ...

A 26-year-old man is accused of stealing multiple vehicles from a local auto dealer over Halloween weekend. He was captured after attempting to steal a county tanker. Roscoe Hampson, addres...

Visitor Center looking for volunteers Summer has passed, and activity at the Visitor Center is slowing down. It's a good time to consider what to do with some free time, get to...

I have been following the story on the issue of Western Excelsior's dust and debris. I kept thinking surely the people who live around it realize there will always be a small amount of dust...

My father, Vernon Ellis, was born on Sept. 22, 1907. I wanted to do it for my mother, Fern Decker Ellis, but there was no microfilm for 1913 or 1914. So I'll look at what happened the week my father w...

Four communities in Southwest Colorado have helped make the state the third inductee into the FireWise 100 Club, so to speak - states with at least 100 local neighborhoods that have reduced their risk...

Each of 6,952,484 names on Crosscheck represents a suspected double voter whose registration has become subject to challenge and removal, threatening a massive purge of voters. This applies...

Governor Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper narrowly won a second term in office, defeating Republican challenger Bob Beauprez in a campaign that had the incumbent on the ropes amid criticis...