The Montezuma County Landfill will hold a free drop-off day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, the day after Cortez’s City Cleanup Week. But Cleanup Week is now on the list of things impacted by COVID-19,...

Live performances are slowly reemerging as a possibility, particularly outside crowded cities. And in Mancos, Opera Lafayette, a professional opera company based in Washington, D.C., will debut its...

The city of Cortez officially dedicated the park at 830 E. Main St. as Veterans Park on Friday, which also marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. ...

The former Cortez finance director pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzlement of public property and faces prison, probation and restitution if the court accepts the agreement. Katheryn Moss, 70,...

The town of Mancos is directing federal coronavirus relief money to businesses and nonprofits in Mancos that have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mancos local government...

Members of the Walk for Justice and Peace and the Montezuma County Patriots attended a Cortez City Council meeting Tuesday night to address an incident that occurred on Saturday during their...

Southwest Colorado is again shrouded by smoke from wildfires across the West, particularly in California and Utah. But a cold front settling into the region will help improve air quality as the...

The weight of political division in the community sat heavily with the Wolf sisters, co-owners of The Doobie Sisters in Cortez. When they were young, they scrawled “Humankind: Be both” in chalk on...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened the Summer Food Service Program through December, allowing schools across the country to offer free meals to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meals...

With less than two months before the election, candidates for U.S. House of Representatives Diane Mitsch Bush and Lauren Boebert do not have a debate scheduled. The La Plata County League of Women...

Schools are required to conduct fire drills within 10 days of the start of the school year, and other emergencies like earthquakes and intruders are still a threat during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...