Cortez

One of the men accused of murder in a home invasion and fatal shooting of a Fort Lewis College student pleaded not guilty Friday. Kodi “Maz” E. Kuauhtli’s defense attorney, David Greenberg,...

The Southwest Health System and Montezuma County Hospital District Board of Directors announced Dec. 22 that financing has been secured for the expansion of Southwest Memorial Hospital. The...

Susana Kirk has opened a massage therapy business as part of Desert Willow Wellness Center at 321 North St. in Cortez. Kirk offers massage and hot stone therapy, acupuncture, intuitive wellness...

More than 30 people signed up Thursday to give a part of themselves during the holiday season – their blood. The United Blood Services blood mobile parked outside the Cortez Fire Protection...

The Cortez Police have released two Crime Stoppers alerts regarding a break-in at the Doobie Sisters Marijuana Dispensary and a possible hate crime. On Dec. 4 at 3:47 a.m. two suspects broke into...

A power outage affected 500 customers of Empire Electric early Thursday morning for a few hours. The outage was reported at 4:52 a.m. and was restored at 7:47 a.m., said Empire member services...

The Montezuma-Cortez School District was denied a new district accreditation rating from the Colorado Department of Education, but it gained new ratings for the middle and high schools.The Re-1...

Cortez author Denny Bertrand has published his second book on the Western lifestyle and has earned another Will Rogers Award, this time for Cowboy Humor.“Somewhere Outwest: Petey and Cecil” is the...

The Cortez City Council approved a budget of just over $31 million for the 2017 fiscal year.Although the city budgeted $31.85 million for 2016, the city’s revised budget was $29.27 million as of...