There are hundreds of books on cowboys in the American West, but Durango historian Andrew Gulliford said it’s been 70 years since anyone wrote about sheep. That is, until Gulliford recently...

The Navajo for generations have created sand paintings for use in sacred ceremonies. Diné artist Bento Yazzie has a unique take on the art form, but he struggles to describe what it’s like to paint...

Cortez has purchased a new curbside recycling truck with the help of a $70,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The funding comes from CDPHE’s Recycling...

An unpaid park ranger posted at the front entrance to Mesa Verde National Park has been turning away visitors for about two weeks because the partial federal government shutdown has parked the...

One person died Thursday night on U.S. Highway 160/491 south of Cortez after a semitrailer and pickup truck collided on the McElmo Creek bridge, law enforcement officers said. According to a...

A Montezuma County resident on a 12-month deferred sentence for drug charges in February 2018 picked up similar drug charges in December and in 2019 received two summons after her dog allegedly...

A six-pack of full-strength Trippel Belgian Style Ale now sits on the shelf at Safeway in Cortez. The ale, 8.5 percent alcohol by volume, sits alongside a 9 percent pack of Voodoo Ranger Imperial...

One of two defendants suspected of kidnapping, robbing and threatening to kill and bury a hitchhiker on County Road G in December was denied a bond reduction Wednesday in Montezuma County Court....

Tourists who stop by the Colorado Welcome Center at Cortez this summer will find refuge from the heat. The City Council on Tuesday awarded a $140,000 bid to Comfort Air to install a new heating,...

The audio system in the Cortez City Hall council chambers has been upgraded just in time for the first City Council meeting of 2019. Before the upgrades, General Services Director Rick Smith said...

Cortez Finance Director Kathi Moss retires Wednesday after 33 years of service with the city but will continue to work into 2019 on a contractual basis. The City Council on Tuesday approved a...