SJMA invites ‘little legs’ to Denny Lake adventures

Parents are invited to bring their little legs — toddlers and preschoolers — to one or all of a series of adventures tailored to little people enjoying the outdoors at Denny Lake in Cortez. ...

M-CHS Class of 1963 to hold 5-year reunion

The M-CHS class of 1963 will hold its 50-year class reunion Aug. 15-16. There are several people who organizers are unable to locate. If anyone knows the location of any of these people, ple...

Cowbelles scholarship winners

Defensible space works, so create it

“Defensible space” is the buzz phrase for the area of fuels modified around a structure to change fire behavior so that firefighters can safely defend that structure. There are t...

Empire directors re-elected to the board

Amendments<br/>to bylaws pass

Balance, flexibility goals of downtown yoga studio

Jill Lawson was an aerobics instructor when she took her first yoga course in 1992. By 1998, she was hooked. “Yoga is good for the mind and body,” Lawson said. “It’s a safe and ge...

Smoke from West Fork fires settles over Montezuma Valley

Heavy smoke in Montezuma County Friday morning is from the West Fork Complex if fires near Wolf Creek Pass, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office and the National Weather Servic...

Carter joins MCSO

Deputy DA <br/>accepts role<br/>of undersheriff

Boots on the ground

Commissioners and USFS meet at Boggy Draw

Council considers marijuana sales

Polled at a city council workshop on Tuesday, a majority of city leaders hinted they wouldn’t choke recreational marijuana sales in Cortez. Police Chief Roy Lane told council mem...

Busy bees

Sheriff Blotter

Wednesday, June 17 An officer noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road. When the officer approached the vehicle it started moving. The officer pulled over the s...