At a workshop on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council agreed not to vote on a request to change the city code for retail marijuana licenses. City Clerk Linda Smith presented a request from a hopeful...

In a presentation to the board of commissioners on Monday, Shak Powers, manager of the Montezuma County Landfill, said he wants to see less food waste in the dump. Southwest Colorado composts just...

Three days after a report of a threat against Mancos schools led to lockout procedures and heightened security, a district employee has been cited for allegedly fabricating the report. According to...

Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who failed to register as a sex offender on Jan. 18. Scott Guzman-Gray, a county resident who has been convicted of misdemeanor sexual...

In this year’s municipal election, eight people are running for five open Cortez City Council positions in the April 3 election. Incumbents Jill Carlson and Orly Lucero are both running for their...

Members of the Mancos Board of Trustees and the Planning and Zoning Commission met on Wednesday to discuss solutions for the latter group’s frequent failures to meet a quorum. The town board...

Navajo artist Venaya Yazzie hopes to use an art exhibit at The Farm Bistro to educate viewers on Native American beliefs. Yazzie, a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe,...

Members of the Mancos Creative District have built their own Burning Man sculpture in preparation for the annual Mancos Melt festival on March 15. For its first time organizing the event, the...

The Cortez City Council plans to spend most of its meeting on Tuesday voting on whether to conform the city code to new national standards. Tuesday’s meeting will start with a workshop at 5:30...

The Dolores County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert Friday afternoon warning drivers not to travel on two highways north of Dove Creek, due to snowy conditions. Just before 2 p.m. the office sent...

A 15-year-old from Montezuma County hopes to leave an impression on the corridors of power next month at the 2018 session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. Scheduled for March 12-23,...