Cortez

A 50-year-old man from Cortez has been identified as the driver who died Sunday after his vehicle collided with a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow near Dolores. The Colorado State...

SILVERTON – At least three people were run over by a horse that possibly became spooked by a low-flying drone Saturday at the start line of Silverton’s 8th Annual Skijoring Race. Two women were...

Bernard Young was behind bars for nearly 30 years for a crime he claimed he didn’t commit when his family, in a last ditch effort, called Mancos resident Claudia Whitman. Whitman, who runs the...

The drought is over, and the area is looking good for the 2017 water season, Dolores Water Conservancy District Engineer Ken Curtis told Southwest Colorado Livestock Association members at their...

Kawasaki rider Eli Tomac, of Cortez, Colorado, won the AMA Supercross race Saturday in Minneapolis, his third victory in the past four races. KTM’s Marvin Musquin, the Frenchman who raced to his...

With pipettes, students carefully added rubbing alcohol to plastic tubes to help DNA from wheat unwind. Shaking their tubes as instructed, they saw hundreds of thousands of white strands. These are...

DENVER – A measure that will require United States citizenship for Colorado peace officers was debated in the state Senate before being passed by the GOP on 18-17 party-line vote Friday. This bill...

DENVER – Members of the outdoor recreation community sent a message this week to state governments about endangering the public lands that the industry relies on. That message: Shape up or we will...

During a public hearing on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council unanimously approved two building site plans despite some questions from neighbors and the city engineer. After the Planning and Zoning...

If the Montezuma County justice building sells, Sheriff Steve Nowlin will need to find a new location for the office’s evidence locker. The department’s evidence room contains thousands of items,...

The Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department decided on Friday to begin the search for a new board member. During the department’s morning meeting, Parks and Recreation Director Dean...