The final Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association performance of the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo reported a sold-out crowd that witnessed many of the newly crowned 2019 UMR champion competitors,...

Rivers in Southwest Colorado on Saturday again approached flood stage as warm weather sent snowmelt downstream overnight. The National Weather Service on Saturday issued flood advisories for the...

After hundreds of miles on the road and dozens of hours behind the steering wheel, Coleman, Texas natives Brent Arnold and Walt Arnold arrived in Cortez on June 7 to participate in the second night...

For the 89th time in its rich and storied history, the Ute Mountain Roundup kicked off with the type memorable moments and family-first atmosphere that have made it one of Cortez’s most popular...

The Mancos Secondary School has released its final honor roll of the school year, celebrating students for achieving high marks during the fourth quarter of 2018-19. Students earned high honors for...

Over the course of the 2019 season, the Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball team won 10 of its 21 games and qualified for the Class 3A Regional Baseball Tournament for the first time since 2017....

The National Weather Service’s flood advisory for the Mancos River, initially issued Monday, is in effect until further notice because of increasing snowmelt in the San Juan Mountains. Warm weather...

As the sun shone down and the water at the Cortez Municipal Pool shimmered, the Cortez Water Dragons club swim hosted the first Cortez Water Dragons Summer Open swim meet this weekend. Among the...

Mesa Verde Back Country Horsemen will hold its fifth annual Poker Ride at 8:30 a.m. June 22 beginning half a mile before Transfer Campground, near Mancos. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the...

The Cortez Adult Education Center held its first GED graduation ceremony last Tuesday. The center celebrated the accomplishments of five GED graduates and two new U.S. citizens at the ceremony,...

Eli Tomac finished second overall Saturday at Thunder Valley after winning Motocross 2 on a muddy track in his home state of Colorado. The weather in Lakewood, Colorado, gave riders fits early in...