District backs off request for school tax

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District has opted not to ask voters for additional tax revenue via a mill levy override. “There was no way it would’ve passed,” said Re-1 Superin...

2015 forecast: McPhee won’t fill

While it has been speculated for some time, the official McPhee Reservoir Operating Plan released May 1 made it official – McPhee Reservoir won’t fill this year. In fact, the fore...

It’s a dog’s world this weekend in Cortez

500 purebred dogs planned for 2015 show at fairgrounds

Ute taskforce to tackle teen drug use

Through two grant programs, Ute Mountain Ute officials hope to reduce the number of tribal teenagers that use drugs. With a philosophy that local drug problems require local solut...

A nose for trouble

Officer and police dog net suspect, save woman in less than 24 hours

Women report using drugs inside jail

Several female inmates at the Montezuma County jail were questioned on Mother’s Day whether they had been getting high inside the 104-bed facility. According to a Montezuma County...

Authorities ID suspect in car chase

Florida man, niece reportedly killed themselves as Cortez chase ended in Shiprock

DAR requests information to place flags at veterans’ graves

For the past six years, the members of the Sleeping Ute Mountain Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution have marked the Graves of all Veterans in the rural cemeteries in Montezuma Coun...

DAR requests information to place flags at veterans’ graves

For the past six years, the members of the Sleeping Ute Mountain Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution have marked the Graves of all Veterans in the rural cemeteries in Montezuma Coun...

‘A good fit’

<span class="Drop cap">Ute Mountain Utes opening pottery shop and gallery after renovations; tribe will be back in production</span>

Briefs

Apply for Infant/toddler quality expansion grants The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County, as a recipient of the Colorado Infant and Toddler Quality and Availability Grant ...

Parachute sales-tax revenue plummets with gas downturn

PARACHUTE – To understand the importance of the energy industry in Parachute, look no further than its 2015 sales-tax revenue. The town of about 1,100 residents finds itself copi...