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The Cortez Lions Club announces its grand prize winners of its annual fundraiser raffle on Nov. 18, 2014. Jim Draper won first prize, taking home the 32” LED-LCD television, which was donated by...

On Thursday, Dec. 4, the staff of Mesa Verde National Park will host the 2014 Annual Holiday Open House from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Chapin Mesa headquarters area. Everyone is invited to join the park...

When I was a child, my grandmother used to roast up two enormous turkeys at the holidays. And of course that was on top of all the usual gravies and sauces, sides and pies. For days after, the...

A contemporary native arts exhibit opens next week at the Anasazi Heritage Center. “Ancestral Homelands: Connection to Land, Space and Time” is being curated by the Institute of American Indian...

Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane has announced the recent graduation of 911 dispatcher Tamira Osborne from the Association of Public-Safety Leadership Program. Osborne, of Dolores, completed a yearlong...

Remember Peter the pumpkin eater? He kept his wife in a pumpkin shell. And, the story goes, she did pretty darn well. But the nursery rhyme forgets to mention that, while in the shell, she feasted...

I’ve made mountains of mashed potatoes in my little life, faithfully adhering to the method I was taught in cooking school. This year, however, I thought I’d improve on the tried and true. As...

BERTHOUD – The Colorado Water Conservation Board on Wednesday sent to Gov. John Hickenlooper a draft water plan that aims to shape the future of the precious resource in Colorado. The board met at...

By Wendy Watkins When George Frederic Handel premiered his oratorio “The Messiah” in 1742, he scarcely could have imagined the musical snowball he set in motion. The phenomenal success of his...