The Cortez City Council passed a resolution Tuesday strongly encouraging mask wearing in public places after the Montezuma County Health Department and Southwest Memorial Hospital expressed concern...

A state public health order has simplified the state’s level system to use a commonly understood color code system. As Colorado coronavirus cases rise, some counties are instituting tighter...

This holiday season, a Christmas tree from a remote part of western Colorado will glow in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. But first, it’s got to get there. Resting in a giant cradle...

A flavorful new pizza place with an Italian-based crust has opened in Cortez. In August, Southwest Pizza moved into a remodeled storefront at 1430 E. Main St., around the corner from Thai Cortez....

On Monday, more than 120 people used the drive-thru testing site at Southwest Memorial Hospital – the most people the hospital has tested in a day. Last week, health officials reported 70 new...

Lyndreth Wall, Sr., was sworn into the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council on Friday for a three-year term. He was reelected to the council in early October after earning 187 votes, or 54% of the 343...

The Mancos school board decided Nov. 9 to keep in-person learning through the holiday season, despite the Montezuma County Public Health Department and Southwest Memorial Hospital’s recommendation...

Colorado’s political map is looking more and more blue. The 2020 election continued the decades-long shift toward Democrats in Colorado, led by voters in suburban counties and punctuated by huge...

When the coronavirus pandemic besieged Colorado last spring, Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver and a few of his friends quickly developed a new hobby — downloading data on the virus’ spread in the state and...

Coloradans are more likely to encounter someone with coronavirus now than at any point during the pandemic, state health officials say. Hospitalizations because of COVID-19 have surged to a new...