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About 4:52 a.m. Wednesday, Cortez Fire Protection District crews responded to a house fire on U.S. Highway 160 south of Cortez. The two-story structure was engulfed in flames, said Chief Jay...

Democrats in the Colorado legislature announced a slate of initiatives Thursday to spend $70 million in federal coronavirus aid , including a grant program to help small businesses recover from the...

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday unveiled an executive order allowing businesses across Colorado to refuse service to customers who won’t wear a mask. “With this executive order, it’s fine for...

Illegal campfires have been a constant issue in the San Juan National Forest in recent weeks, elevating concerns of a potential wildfire during a time of extreme drought. Current restrictions ban...

Our oddly wet June weather is expected to continue with a rain system moving over the Southwest Colorado beginning Friday night and extending into Saturday. The system will contain enough moisture...

FARMINGTON – San Juan College is moving forward with plans to build student housing on campus, a talked-about project for more than 10 years. The college recently secured a loan of just over $14...

Mancos Schools Superintendent Brian Hanson and Transportation Director Sharon Crook have announced they will resign. After over a decade as superintendent, Hanson plans to resign after the 2020-21...

In a budget-panicked, coronavirus-interrupted legislative session that has already seen major proposals for how health insurance should work in the state come and go, Colorado lawmakers have just...

Eli Tomac of Cortez raced to second place after a slow start Wednesday in the second of seven AMA Supercross races in Salt Lake City, but widened his lead of rival Ken Roczen, who finished fifth....

The city of Cortez is leasing out part of its unused water supply to the Dolores Water Conservancy District, to go to local irrigation needs. Right now, the city has at least 1,000 acre-feet of...

A man was arrested for suspected vehicular assault and other charges following an incident in the 25000 block of Road G that injured a pedestrian, reports Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin....