The 2017 Montezuma County Fair starts on Friday, and organizers have added a few new attractions to the schedule. As in past years, more than 200 4-H and Future Farmers of America students will...

About eight months after Mesa Verde Country received a grant to create audio tours of Montezuma County’s historical sites, the first of three is available online . Kelly Kirkpatrick, director of...

Jeremiah Damron is being held in the Montezuma County jail on $500,000 bail and a warrant for first-degree murder after his mother’s body was found beaten and burned Thursday in his backyard south...

The Piñon Project has officially moved into its new location, but that’s just the beginning of the nonprofit’s plans for change. The Cortez charity group moved almost all staff into the former City...

Demolition of the old Montezuma-Cortez High School is underway, and the Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry Advisory Board is planning a use for the land where it stood. At a meeting on Friday,...

A Friday morning traffic stop in Montezuma County led to a chase with sheriff’s deputies and police, a crash and a 5-hour shutdown at the county jail. According to Montezuma County Sheriff Steve...

The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center has begun offering a new path for area students to become registered medical assistants. On Thursday, the group announced that a medical...

During its monthly meeting on Tuesday night, the Cortez City Council will vote on several issues discussed in previous workshops. The council will meet at 6 p.m. for another workshop, then hold its...

At a meeting on July 17, the Mancos board of education asked a longtime coach to lead a team of volunteers in getting the word out about a bond issue in the upcoming election. The school district...

The Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission used a lengthy work session on Tuesday to examine proposed changes to the city’s land use code. City Planner Tracie Hughes presented a draft of the new...

Cortez could soon have a new committee to respond to local artists’ concerns about getting paid for public artwork. In March, a group of Cortez artists signed a petition asking the city to create a...