It's been a nightmare. A horrible, unimaginable nightmare.On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, Rudy Samora got a phone call that every parent dreads.An accident, a very bad accident.It was his 17-year-old...

DOVE CREEK — Start fast, run the ball and contain the opponent's offense.It's a successful football formula as proven as mom's apple pie recipe.The Dove Creek Bulldogs pulled it off to near...

DOVE CREEK —  It was an ending that needed one final word for the Dove Creek Bulldogs. Stunning, thrilling, miraculous, historic — but ultimately, the word turned out to be “disappointing.”Close,...

Fun wasn’t part of Regina Harvey’s childhood on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.Neither was a high school graduation.At 9 her mother died and there was work to be done. Taking care of her two...

DOLORES — Here they come! And there they go!It was a thrilling few seconds, with the primary word being “few.”Approximately 500 people, possibly more, lined the streets of Dolores and parts of...

DOLORES — Like wildfire, the news whipped through Dolores and beyond. Cell phones rang and chattered to life in the early morning hours. Facebook was abuzz with the news. “The Hollywood Bar burned...

Leonard Cain beams with the pride of a teenage spelling bee champ.He walks around the exhibit of pottery, pointing to pieces that he shaped with his skilled hands. For more than 20 years, Cain's...

Denice Langley loves her life. Horses, dogs, a successful business and living in Cortez.Langley, 51, was born and raised in Cortez and graduated from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 1978.Like many,...

The cage is a dungeon of sorts.A pair of opponents accept the consequences of the cage.Pain, punishment, vicious brutality, unmerciful physical violence — and in the end, one conquering victor.It...

Easton LaChappelle is a whiz kid. A geek, a nerd, the science dude.“Yeah, I'm pretty much all of those,” the 16-year-old Mancos teen says.“In science class, everybody wants to be my partner. They...