The city of Cortez has produced a preliminary budget for 2019 with a beginning balance of $4.35 million, general fund expenditures of $13.69 million and $32.87 million in total expenses. The City...

The city of Cortez has produced a preliminary budget for 2019 with a beginning balance of $4.35 million, general fund expenditures of $13.69 million and $32.87 million in total expenses. The City...

Lewis-Arriola Fire Protection District responded Saturday morning to a burning double-wide trailer just north of the intersection of County Road 22 and Colorado Highway 184, about 10 miles north of...

A 26-year-old woman broke into a Colorado State Patrol substation east of Cortez earlier this month and activated the fire alarm to seek emergency help after she rolled her Mazda 3 off U.S. Highway...

Five fire agencies assisted in knocking down a fully engulfed, single-wide trailer on a rural property on the 5000 block of County Road 24 at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon near the Cortez Municipal...

Jeremiah Paul Damron, a Montezuma County man suspected of murdering his mother last year, was in court for a status conference on Tuesday awaiting a sanity evaluation from the Colorado Mental...

Wood stoves were blamed for three house fires in eight days that killed one woman and injured another this month in Montezuma County. Cortez Fire Protection District Chief Jay Balfour said wood...

A mechanical, electrical and plumbing facilities report for Southwest Memorial Hospital details a recommendation for $9.2 million in replacements, upgrades and repairs over the next five years. The...

A damaged boat trailer sparked several small grass fires Saturday on U.S. Highway 491 just south of Pleasant View. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Smith said a wheel bearing on the small boat...