Cortez

When the saddle bronc event rolled around at the Ute Mountain Rodeo on Thursday, local fans will more than likely recognize the familiar face of Tanner Lockhart amongst the crowd. A Dolores High...

Falena Hunter, of Montezuma County, has been racing and raising barrel horses for more than 15 years. Her competitive streak and quick horse, Dottie, are a good combination for this years...

About 90 fishing poles lined the edge of the pond in Parque de Vida on Saturday evening during the eighth annual Cortez Fishing Derby.The event, organized by the Cortez Parks, Recreation and...

Bareback bronc rider Kody Gregory, of Dolores, is competing for New Mexico State University on a full-ride rodeo scholarship. He is thrilled to be competing at the professional level at his...

Since being hired as the manager of the Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball team two years ago, Tim Passell has helped transform the Panthers into one of the most exciting young teams in the...

Announcer Jody Carper has been introducing riders and doing play-by-play reports for the Ute Mountain Rodeo since 2009. “The great people keep bringing me back,” he says. “It is very professionally...

Veteran barrelman John Harrison has one of the strangest jobs imaginable, and he is part of a comedic cult of rodeo society. Every rodeo competition, he climbs into a reinforced barrel, then gets...

Representatives from the U.S. Air Force visited Montezuma-Cortez High School this week to gauge the school’s potential as a JROTC host. R. Wayne Barron, director of Region 6 of the Air Force Junior...

After organizers pulled out of a plan to host the event southwest of Mancos on Road G, the Rhythm and Soul Festival will take place in Cottonwood Park from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, organizer Karen...

A Cortez man was charged this week in District Court on suspicion of peeping into a bathroom at the Durango Welcome Center on Main Avenue. Hernando Tsosie, 39, faces one count of invasion of...

Festivities for the 69th Annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo got going on Wednesday. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday with a chuck wagon barbecue at 6 p.m. at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds....