The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office located 28-year-old Carina Bieber and her four children early Thursday, ending a local child abduction case that received national attention.New information...

A local man was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 48 months probation Tuesday stemming from a 2009 incident in which he tied up a woman, cut clothing off her with a knife and forced sexual...

Man sentenced for incident where gun misfired

In December of 1886, work began on the town of Cortez. According to the city’s website, in 1889 a sandstone building was completed at the intersection of Market and Main Street to house mercantile...

Cortez police fired on a vehicle driven by a man wanted on an outstanding warrant from Mississippi Tuesday.As the suspect sped away, the vehicle brushed against an officer and started police on a...

Cortez City Park was speckled with myriad colors from the clothing of hundreds of residents, emergency responders, law enforcement, search and rescue, armed forces servicemen and area leaders who...

Program combines mental, physical health care needs

Growing up, local rocker Chuck Haven listened to famed metal band Powerman 5000, never knowing he would one day sit down with the band members to eat posole and fry bread.“We’ve played with them a...