Police investigators remain unsure what caused an early morning fire on Main Street that destroyed three businesses on Sunday. “It’s inconclusive,” said Cortez Police Department Det. Lt. J...

A story Feb. 11 on Page 1B misspelled the name of Earnest House, executive director of the Colorado Commission for Indian Affairs. A story Feb. 11 on 1A about the Mancos water crisis inacc...

DENVER – The debate over guns all but ended at the state Legislature on Wednesday, and it didn’t go out with a bang. For the third time in three days, Democrats killed Republican attempts t...

Democrats have a challenger for Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, in the November election. Pueblo County Commissioner Liane “Buffie” McFadyen said Tuesday that she plans to run against Tipton,...

Armed robber pleads guilty in jewelry heist A New Mexico man is likely to be sentenced to a maximum 10-year prison sentence after an armed jewelry heist last fall. Ivan Martin, 2...

I’m pleased to see that, as its highest legislative priority for 2014, the Montezuma County commission is finally tackling the problem of non-native species here in Montezuma County (proposed ordina...

We should applaud Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., for reaching across party lines and taking another step toward developing sustainable energy sources. Like any concerned citiz...

LILONGWE, Malawi — Yamikani walks deliberately, intently, with a bean bag on his head, showing a balance that is probably hard-earned. “When he falls,” his grandmother Irene tells me, “we have to pick...

When the more temperate parts of the country are experiencing the kind of winter that Southwest Colorado needs, it is easy to chuckle at communities paralyzed by an inch of snow. The reside...