A Cortez first-grader decided to give an early Christmas present to the Bridge Emergency Shelter this year. Abram Keel, 6, put a cardboard box labeled “Help the Homeless” in his front yard during...

A survey sponsored by the Montezuma County Health Department will continue through Nov. 30, director Bobbi Lock said. The survey, which is available online and in paper form at county and city...

The community garden outside the Cortez Recreation Center could be much bigger by spring. At the parks, recreation and forestry advisory council meeting on Friday, the leaders of a group of...

An Indian restaurant has opened on Main Street in Cortez. Mirch Masala held its grand opening on Nov. 10, after moving into the space formerly occupied by Nero’s Italian Restaurant. The manager,...

A man with a history of homicide and apparently under the influence of drugs was arrested Monday night in Cortez after reportedly waving a loaded gun in his apartment building. Montezuma County...

The Cortez City Council approved two construction-related expenses during its meeting on Tuesday. A change order to the 2017 street improvement project and an engineering design contract for a...

The Cortez City Council’s 2018 budget discussions continued with funding request hearings from three departments on Tuesday. During a lengthy workshop before the regular meeting, council members...

In a brief regular meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council tabled a vote on whether to install streetlights on North Edith Street, after some residents complained. According to a memorandum by...

At a Monday meeting, the Cortez Sanitation District board of directors heard the murky results of a field study conducted near a sewer line in the East Seventh Street area. Jon Butler, of the...

Students participating in Montezuma County’s annual education program, Teen Maze, will get a firsthand glimpse at the effects of distracted driving on Wednesday and Thursday. Organized by the...