On social media and talk radio, Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell has fired off at Gov. John Hickenlooper over remarks he made last week at the Colorado Sheriffs Association in connection to two...

Theft Tuesday June 10 11:03 a.m. A deputy patrolling U.S. Highway 160 pulled over a blue Dodge Dart with assistance from a second deputy after dispatch informed him the car was stolen from...

Because of a limited budget, officials with Dolores Schools plan to do away with a school resource officer for the 2014-15 school year. The school pays $19,000 per year to have a deputy on ...

Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane said prairie dog complaints are on the rise. He offered suggestions on putting them down. Lane said it was routine to see an increase in complaints this time of...

Republican voters face three statewide choices in this year’s Colorado primary. They will be picking their party’s nominees for U.S. representa­tive, for state Board of Education member and for govern...

It’s no five-star resort, but no doubt plenty of people in Southwest Colorado would much rather spend the night in a 55-foot-high fire lookout than alongside a golf course or a beach. Add ...

You reap what you sow unless you are without seed. The lack of available seed has left two Montezuma County farmers permitted to cultivate industrial hemp test plots this year holding their...

For the second time last weekend, an animal got tangled in electrical equipment, but this time just fewer than 700 county residents lost power, and the animal – possibly a raptor – may have only lost ...