After an eight-month shutdown, the Cortez Job Corps office has reopened and is accepting applications to the program. Admissions counselor Babette Kimble explained that the government sequester was...

In addition to providing health care for the community, Southwest Memorial Hospital also helps to train future doctors, nurses and medical professionals. Medical students mentor alongside...

Medical students from regional colleges and universities are perfecting their trade at Southwest Memorial Hospital. As a teaching hospital, Southwest enjoys the benefits of providing clinical...

Exactly five people showed up at the Montezuma County Clerk’s office to hear firsthand the results of the election. And it was a bit of a nail-biter. As unofficial numbers came in at 8:45 p.m., the...

Dramatic emergency situations are often played out on television, and we watch the panic, confusion and destruction from the comfort of home. But a crisis may happen outside your front door....

Two tinker bells, alternate worlds, a menacing crocodile, and an elaborate plaster and fiberglass cave create the stage for “Peter Pan.” being performed tonight and tomorrow at the Montezuma-Cortez...

An 1890s horse-drawn seed planter sits woefully stored out of sight in the catacombs of Cortez City Hall. Next to it is a huge bellows from a blacksmith shop, and on a shelf above sits a wooden WWI...

The Ute Mountain Roundup donated $35,000 toward the construction of the outdoor grandstands roof at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. To highlight local businesses who support the Ute Mountain...

Thanks to increased flows on the Dolores River from summer monsoon rains, the kokanee salmon had enough water to make their spawning run this year. Last year, there was no run because the lake was...

TOWAOC - The booming beats of the Catching Eagle Drum Circle introduced Manuel Heart, the newly elected Ute Mountain Ute Tribal chairman, in an impressive swearing-in ceremony Friday morning. Heart...