Volleyball takes third in Shiprock

Umberger makes all-tournament team

Sheriff's blotter

Monday, Aug. 24 2:35 p.m. A manager at Second Chance Thrift Store in Dolores complained about a customer writing a bad check that totaled $5.92. No charges were filed at the manag...

Victims in Sunday plane crash identified as Californians

Four died; pilot's rating in question

Dining among the dwellings

Mesa Verde's Metate Room is worth the trip

Lease sale raises unanswered questions

I am strongly opposed to the gas lease sale of parcel 7379 in Montezuma County. This 720-acre parcel is at the east end of Road Z, in sections 11 and 14, just half a mile from th...

Coaches' action sent kids bad message

Did you watch the Cortez/Montezuma County High School Varsity Football game Friday evening to see if what the assistant coaches desired to implement would show respectably when the team met ...

Police: Kids left in car as adults fought

The Cortez Police Department responded to a couple of calls on Saturday, Aug. 29, that involved children left in cars while adults fought indoors. Officers responded to the 600 b...

Time to make a getaway

Sunflower gets international film festival

Audience at Cortez theater will help judge Manhattan Short Films

Community Calendar

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Enjoy and preserve the month's bounty

This is my favorite month, full of a variety of Palisade peaches, Olathe corn, Hatch chilies, Rocky Ford melons and berries, berries, berries. Last night was purely wonderful! My ...

Gail in the Garden: The importance of trees in your life

When we moved to Colorado in 1998, one of the first things we planted was a blue spruce tree because we have always had one in the yard of every house we've owned. Then we planted...