Since February, one Mancos resident has turned into a maverick scientist, fashioning black felt to a clipboard to serve as a rudimentary air pollution monitoring station. "Western Excelsior is in...

A man suspected of violating a protection order was tased this month by a Cortez police officer who was reprimanded last year for having anger-management issues. In a three-page report, patrol...

A 25-year-old man has been charged in a reported carjacking incident that occurred near the Cortez Public Library. Jeremiah Jim, 25, address unknown, was arrested by Cortez police officers and...

Shackled and wearing black and white striped inmate clothing, a convicted sex offender was ordered to be released from incarceration last week after serving 631 days in jail. During sentencing on...

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school district will release its proposed 2015-16 budget in its entirety at its next school board meeting, Tuesday, May 19. At a public district accountability meeting on...

What do the snow-capped La Plata and San Juan mountains in Colorado, the high desert Chuska Mountains in Arizona, the isolated Abajo Mountains in Utah and the distinctive Shiprock Peak in New...

Although Native American students don’t appear to be disproportionately disciplined at Manaugh Elementary, data from the other two in-town elementary schools paint a different picture. Data from...

A judge has denied a defense motion to set aside the murder conviction in the shooting death of Cortez attorney Richard Luhman. Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, Aric...

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District has opted not to ask voters for additional tax revenue via a mill levy override. “There was no way it would’ve passed,” said Re-1 Superintendent Alex...

Through two grant programs, Ute Mountain Ute officials hope to reduce the number of tribal teenagers that use drugs. With a philosophy that local drug problems require local solutions, a 2014...