A criminal justice student was recently arrested after allegedly stealing more than $5,000 from her employer. About 2 p.m. on Dec. 1, a Dollar Tree district manager called the Cortez Police...

Assorted telephone scams are on the rise in Cortez as local authorities field daily calls from concerned residents. “Most of these scams want the individual being scammed to purchase Green Dot...

Denied a court-appointed attorney in November, a Cortez man charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his wife has filed a fourth application requesting a public defender. This week, Garrett...

On Black Friday, Keesee Motor Co. wheeled a red truck onto its showroom floor to help collect Christmas gifts for families. “It’s not unusual for the truck to be filled for or five times,” said...

A 66-year-old woman was sentenced to four years in prison this week after being convicted of importing more than $15,000 of crystal meth into Cortez. “I’m just overwhelmed,” the defendant Darlene...

In 2015, a local cannabis advocate conservatively estimates that some 300 farmers across the Four Corners harvested at least 500 pounds of marijuana. A handful of those farmers gathered this week...

For generations, marijuana has been rolled inside paper to create what is commonly referred to as a joint. Instead of rolling it, a Durango man is suspected of recently folding a bit of cannabis...

Improved lines of communication could enhance relations with Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school officials, and more important, benefit students, according to Ute Mountain Ute leaders. “We seem to be an...

A disproportionate number of Native students – 2 in 5 – received special-education instruction at local schools last year, according to the 2015 Indian Policies and Procedures report released in...

Local authorities have yet to solve an apparent BB gun shooting spree that occurred more than a week ago along Main Street. As of press deadlines on Monday, Cortez Police Department spokesperson...