Before handing former Marine private Kai Blood a 12-year sentence Tuesday, District Court Judge Todd Plewe said Blood was one of the more violent people he’d had in his court. Blood, 27, was...

The Seventh Annual Mancos Melt Putt-Putt Golf Tournament took place March 12 and raised $700 for The Painted Turtle Studio’s children’s scholarship program. The money will go toward funding and...

Town officials say that opting out of Senate Bill 152 would give Mancos more opportunities to use its 3,300 feet of fiber optics line. But voters will decide April 5 whether the town can be free...

Citizens of Mancos got a chance to meet the candidates for the April 5 election in a forum March 14 hosted by the League of Women voters. Six candidates have their eyes on the five available seats...

Even though Cortez Middle School band director Katie Zdanowski hasn’t yet finished her first year at the school, she says she has the “best job in the world.” A native of central Illinois,...

Twelve youngsters hung on for dear life Thursday at the Four States Agricultural Expo in the pint-size, woolly rodeo known as “Mutton Bustin.”The contest is open to kids ages 4 to 7 and up to 50...

Six candidates for Cortez City Council discussed a range of issues Tuesday in a forum moderated by the League of Women Voters. Mayor Karen Sheek, 69, and mayor pro-tem Ty Keel, 45, face competition...

Members of a task force that will investigate options for the retired M-CHS building toured the building on Tuesday and discussed plans including leasing, sharing and demolishing the building....