Mancos

Colorado’s drought conditions have worsened this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly 90 percent of the state is in a severe drought, and more than half is considered in extreme...

Live performances are slowly reemerging as a possibility, particularly outside crowded cities. And in Mancos, Opera Lafayette, a professional opera company based in Washington, D.C., will debut its...

Debra Gaylyn Riddle on Monday pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of her common-law husband, David J. Mooney, at their residence west of Mancos July 3, 2019. The plea agreement includes a...

More than 200 people showed up at a casting call for the pilot of a new television series on Tuesday. Local novelist Chuck Greaves and well-known television and film director Félix Enríquez Alcalá...

A local novelist and a well-known film and television director have teamed up to produce a television series based in the Southwest and filmed in Montezuma County. Chuck Greaves, a mystery novel...

A new 40-foot tower on Jackson Gulch dam at Mancos State Park aims to transmit data from the reservoir to the Mancos Water Conservancy District in real time to reduce water loss. But some residents...

It’s been a dry year, and extra water restrictions are now in place for the town of Mancos. The restrictions were announced July 13, and on Wednesday night, the Town Board voted to keep them in...

June McCartney remembers being inspired by color as a child during an art class at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey. “I’ll never forget it, I remember the light coming in the room, and I...

The town of Mancos is hosting a three-day cleanup in mid-August. The event is Aug. 13-15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local residents are invited to gather up their old household items, scrap metal and...

Monday, July 6 2:27 p.m. Mancos Deputy Jared Farnsworth made a traffic stop in the 38000 block of U.S. Highway 160. The driver was issued a warning for traffic violations, but the female passenger...