Forest presents its plan on recreation

Hundreds of miles of trails and roads crisscross the Rico-West Dolores region of the San Juan National Forest. But who gets to use what? Balancing multiple uses for rec...

Firefighters respond to pellet stove fire

Neighbor alerts department to smoke

Agencies team up on affordable housing

Agencies team up to solve problem

Testimony concludes in child sex case

Testimony in the trial of a previously convicted sex offender charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl in 2013 concluded Wednesday afternoon. Closing statements were set to start...

Stone messengers

Across wild landscapes, humans build cairns as markers, companions

Grant for M-CHS stadium is denied

‘Back to the drawing board,’ Carter says

Medical expert testifies at sex trial

The alleged victim in a child sexual molestation case didn’t sustain a physical injury, according to a medical expert. Dr. Robert Heyl, a private family physician, was instructed ...

Trial for convicted sex offender underway

Public defenders representing a convicted sex offender on new child sex charges told jurors this week that their client was innocent. In a 15-minute opening statement on Monday, J...

Storm hits Four Corners; Cortez classes mistakenly canceled

The National Weather Service forecast a chance of rain and snow before 8 p.m. Tuesday night, with a slight chance of snow between 8 p.m. and midnight and temperatures falling to about 20 deg...

Nowlin names Cortez native new undersheriff

Kingery has 19 years with Cortez Police, is called ‘honest’ and ‘hard-working’

Volunteer offers to purchase biker rally

Valdez, chamber negotiating sale

Mustang traps proposed to replace copters

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios field office is soliciting comment on a proposal to use baited traps instead of helicopters to round up mustangs in the Spring Creek Basin in Disa...