Commercial music studio opens in Dolores

A modern music studio with a retro touch has opened its doors in Dolores. Back Stage Recording, located at 313 Railroad Ave., is the inspiration of three music professionals: Dean...

Residents can learn how to fight fire

A firefighter is defined as an individual employed to extinguish fires and rescue people. But what exactly does that mean? The Cortez Fire Protection District is preparing to offe...

Celebrating the merger

60 years of service

Farm fresh

Atmos warns customers of utility-bill scam

Atmos Energy is warning customers about a scam in which customers are contacted by individuals demanding immediate payment of past due balances. Atmos Energy does contact custome...

Police Blotter

Monday, Aug. 12 An officer was requested by dispatch to respond to North Edith Street for a female refusing to leave a house. When the officer arrived, he spoke with the woman who...

Sheriff Blotter

Thursday, Aug. 1 A female driver was pulled over because she failed to use her turn signal in Dolores. The woman’s hands were shaking in a nervous manner when she was trying to fi...

Cortez Sanitation District shelves rate study for now

Some Cortez Sanitation District customers could see their rates double, or even triple, when a new rate structure is adopted next year. CSD board chairman Dave Waters issued the w...

Tourism numbers a mixed bag

Visitors to the Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez have inched up slightly up this year, but tourism at Mesa Verde National Park continued to decline. For the first half of 2013, t...

Pot-sale ban inches forward

Public hearing<br/>set for Aug. 27

Grand jury indicts Cronk

Ex-undersheriff<br/>to face total of 18 counts