An unfortunate scene played out on a Saturday morning at a crowded bird feeder in a front yard on County Road 22. Invasive Eurasian collared doves bullied a feasting flock of red-winged blackbirds,...

A city like Cortez can save some money during a light winter. It comes with more serious costs, though. In 2018, Cortez budgeted $60,000 on salt and sand to help with snow removal but ended up...

A planning process to update Cortez’s land use code could conclude in fall 2019. City planning staff in late October released a draft update to the code. The process began in 2015, when the city...

A former Army soldier and MMA fighter has been sentenced to two years at Hilltop House community correction center in Durango for violating probation stemming from drug and burglary charges....

A Cortez woman with pending felony drug distribution charges is seeking a quick conclusion to her criminal proceedings because of health issues. Jordan D. Balfour, 27, also known as Jordan Lopez,...

Cortez resident Daniel J. Beltran, 22, could serve one to three years with the Colorado Department of Corrections for failing to register as a sex offender. Beltran pleaded guilty in December 2017...

An intoxicated driver led law enforcement agencies on a 6.2-mile car chase Saturday night that ended on Market Street in Cortez. A Montezuma County Sheriff’s sergeant saw Daniel Lehi, 38, pull out...

Two candidates for Mancos marshal both say they want the job for the long haul. Boyd Neagle, 46, a patrol officer with Cortez Police Department, said he has about 15 years left in his law...

A 19-year-old Towaoc woman was arrested for DUI after a Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly drove off the road to avoid a head-on collision on County Road 25 on Dec. 22. The deputy took...

A Durango resident with seven DUI convictions over several decades and a pending felony DUI case in La Plata County was sentenced to two years with the Colorado Department of Corrections in 22nd...

An inmate at Montezuma County Detention Center faces new charges after three hypodermic syringes were found in his hair bun on Dec. 20. Two syringes were empty, but one contained a clear liquid...