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The municipal courtroom at Cortez City Hall has a new name: the “Roy Lane Courtroom,” in honor of the retiring police chief of 38 years. Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane announced in November that he...

Durango residents showed up in force Wednesday to support Colorado’s effort to improve air quality and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities. More than 100 people attended a public...

FARMINGTON – New Mexico will become home to the next national park if a bill that redesignates White Sands National Monument is passed this week. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., first introduced...

Expect some snow this weekend in Southwest Colorado. According to the National Weather Service, a storm is moving into the region beginning Thursday, bringing with it the chance for snow until...

An Ignacio mother who killed someone while driving drunk – a dangerous crime that prosecutors said the woman “did not care” about – was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison. Twyla Casados, 34,...

Wambli Mills, 23, of Towaoc, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to more than 23 years in federal prison after being convicted of sexual assault and pleading guilty to assaulting a police...

The city of Cortez has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a family who sued the city and several police officers over the arrest of Shane French at his home in 2014. The cash...

Musical theater lovers are invited to join a steering committee to help plan the comic opera coming to Mancos this spring. Originally a French opera from the 1700s, “The Blacksmith ” is being...

The Mancos school board held its last meeting of 2019 on Monday, wrapping up the year with talks on the new district facilities, project-based learning initiatives, and more. It also marked the...

Next November, Colorado voters will have a chance to weigh in on whether the country should select a president by the straight popular vote – or stick with the current Electoral College system....

For the fifth year in a row, the Dolores Town Board voted to continue its moratorium on retail marijuana sales for another year. The temporary ban on retail pot operations passed unanimously and is...