Going on its 36th continuous year, Snowdown Durango persists in promoting fun, commerce and tourism, in that order, for tens of thousands of participants. This year, Snowdown boasts a reco...

Saturday, Jan. 11 11:26 a.m. An officer was asked to call a woman in reference to a theft. The woman told the officer that she hired a man to re-roof her house. She told the officer that he...

Colorado’s abundance of public lands is one of the state’s chief draws – for residents, businesses and visitors. Those counties rich in public lands, though, face diminished property taxes for that la...

WASHINGTON – Fixated as we Americans are on Canada’s three most attention-getting exports – polar vortexes, Alberta clippers and the antics of Toronto’s addled mayor – we’ve somewhat overlooked a majo...

Editor: I read all 59 pages of the Montezuma-Cortez School District “plan” to improve reading scores and was left wanting to claw my eyes out so I would never have to read again. The “plan”...

Editor: A small six-year-old Blue Heeler resided at the Cortez Animal Shelter for more than a month waiting for her forever home. No one showed any interest until I came in with my dog for ...

Editor: We the people are fortunate to be represented in our Congress and state legislatures by religious countrymen, the last majority of them are professed Christians and regular churchgo...

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