Cortez

No one knows why, but when he heard the sudden blare of sirens behind him, Daniel Covarrubias began running. The 37-year-old was walking home from the St. Clare hospital in Lakewood, Washington, on...

The Mancos Colorado Days Association has announced the schedule for the 2017 festival, which runs Festival takes place July 27-30.The theme for this year’s event is “Honoring Those Who Serve” and...

Mancos School District’s huge campus upgrade project has been recommended for approval by a state board. The Colorado Department of Education Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) board on May 18...

A man who was initially charged with burning down a Dolores couple’s home in September agreed to a plea bargain and was sentenced in April to six years in a Montrose community corrections facility,...

A Region 9 analyst focused on an upside of the county’s “distressed” economy during a recent report to the Cortez City Council: Tax help is available. Laura Lewis Marchino, executive director of...

With a warm sun smiling down as if to signal the beginning of summer, roughly 180 runners descended on Parque de Vida in Cortez on May 19 to take part in the third annual Cortez Color Run.Organized...

The city of Cortez is asking area business owners to get permits if they want to keep their more colorful outdoor signs. Planning and building director Sam Proffer sent out a letter to several...

The Colorado Legislature passed the hemp bill, SB 117, to protect hemp farmers who use federal water sources for their crop, in May. It recognizes industrial hemp as an agricultural product that a...

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper stopped in Cortez Sunday to sign a bill protecting hemp farmers who use water stored in federal reservoirs. The bill was introduced in the state Legislature by Sen....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The $23 billion allocated for certain people with pre-existing conditions under the American Health Care Act might not be enough to fully cover the necessary 2.2 million people. ...

Montezuma County’s new 22nd Judicial District combined courthouse is about 65 percent complete, on budget and on schedule to be completed by August, officials said Friday. The $8.3 million project...