When the saddle bronc event rolled around at the Ute Mountain Rodeo on Thursday, local fans will more than likely recognize the familiar face of Tanner Lockhart amongst the crowd. A Dolores High...

Falena Hunter, of Montezuma County, has been racing and raising barrel horses for more than 15 years. Her competitive streak and quick horse, Dottie, are a good combination for this years...

Bareback bronc rider Kody Gregory, of Dolores, is competing for New Mexico State University on a full-ride rodeo scholarship. He is thrilled to be competing at the professional level at his...

Since being hired as the manager of the Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball team two years ago, Tim Passell has helped transform the Panthers into one of the most exciting young teams in the...

Rescue crews responded Tuesday to a 911 call after a man crashed his mountain bike at Phil’s World on the Rib Cage section. The 911 call came in at 10:40 a.m. for a man who crashed and sustained...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will give a presentation on the risk of invasive mussels to Colorado waterways on Thursday, June 8, at 7 p.m., at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave....

Announcer Jody Carper has been introducing riders and doing play-by-play reports for the Ute Mountain Rodeo since 2009. “The great people keep bringing me back,” he says. “It is very professionally...

Veteran barrelman John Harrison has one of the strangest jobs imaginable, and he is part of a comedic cult of rodeo society. Every rodeo competition, he climbs into a reinforced barrel, then gets...

Festivities for the 69th Annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo got going on Wednesday. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday with a chuck wagon barbecue at 6 p.m. at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds....

Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate Marcus Amrine, Mancos High school senior Denver Syndergaard and Dolores High senior Jade Reynolds recently took a trip to Lockheed Martin Corp. in Colorado...