Dropouts toil to earn GEDs

Two husband-and-wife couples, a grandfather and a mother-and-daughter duo recently received their high school equivalency diplomas at a ceremony last week. “There were some amazin...

Conservationist Rich to retire Public invited to ceremony Thursday

Everyone dreams of the day, but for Mike Rich, district soil scientist with the Cortez Natural Resource Conservation Service, the sweet moment of completing a long successful career has arri...

‘Are we teaching our kids to be patriots?’

9-12 speaker: The fate of the lazy <br/>is ‘to have their liberty stolen’

Plea agreement reached in dental office embezzlement

Charged with stealing more than $23,000, Jessica Hernandez, 32, of Cortez fought back tears June 17 during a plea agreement. As Chief District Judge Doug Walker read the three-pag...

As water dries up, disputes begin to boil

Deputy helps mediate conflicts over irrigation rights

Where would we be without interns?

Internships have become an almost universal experience for today’s college graduates. These frequently unpaid positions are lauded by many employers as important stepping stones into the pro...

Cortez to take look at mobile vendors

City officials are slated to address outdated regulations for transient vendors at their monthly meeting tonight. City of Cortez planning and zoning commissioners have received nu...

Builders donation

Public-private partners

Trout Unlimited, Forest Service work together to restore creek

Police Blotter

Friday, June 7 A woman reported her vehicle stolen after she told her grandson he was not allowed to take it. She said she never gave her grandson permission to take her vehicle b...

Playing with mud

Keeping cool