Sports

Capping off an impressive summer in style, Cortez native Thayer Plewe won top honors in the Utah PGA junior program’s season-ending major championship at Hidden Valley Country Club on Aug. 14. For...

Elana Cope, of Cortez, has been named to the Midwest Conference’s Academic All-Conference list for the 2016-17 academic year and athletic season. Cope, whose major at Knox College is undecided, was...

Competing at the 2017 Arena Western Zone Senior Championships in Fresno, California, Aug. 1-5, Cortez’s top two swimmers represented Southwest Colorado well.Duran sets high standard Leading the way...

The Katz family has come to the rescue of the Durango Nordic Center, purchasing nearly 200 acres of land near Purgatory Resort that includes the parcel recently slated for an ill-fated, massive RV...

For members of Mancos High School’s cross-country and track teams, offseason training has become a consistent ingredient to success. Thus, when Simon Kearns, Teslin Stechar, and Caleb Yoder heard...

In response to public meetings held earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking public comments about big-game management in the San Luis Valley and south San Juan Mountains (Game...

CHICAGO — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and...

After making a 1,000-mile drive to Seguin, Texas, an all-star team made up of players from the Four Corners took on July 22 for games against state champion teams from New Mexico and Louisiana. The...

The Cortez Junior Golf Camp attracted more than 75 youths to the Conquistador Golf Course on June 5-9 for five days of instruction and practice, followed by a golf tournament on June 22. The camp...

One of the most difficult tasks in preparing for a backpacking adventure might not be navigating mountainous terrain, reading topographical maps or even hauling a quarter of your body weight in...