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Montezuma County Commissioners chose to augment public safety Tuesday with a preliminary approval to increase the sheriff’s 2020 budget for additional patrol and jail deputies. During a budget...

Cortez and Durango could see at least a dusting of snow by Thursday morning and favored peaks in the San Juan Mountains could see up to 30 inches total by Friday morning from Southwest Colorado’s...

The Mancos Marshal’s Office is now fully staffed. Jared Farnsworth was sworn in as a new deputy marshal at the regular meeting of the Mancos Board of trustees on Nov. 13. “Right now, we do have...

The Mancos Town Board has approved a new land use code, although a few height-related details are being ironed out. After being in the works since mid-2018, the Town Board approved the code update...

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Southwest Colorado in effect from 11 p.m. Tuesday through 11 p.m. Thursday. The storm is expected to produce the region’s first...

Anyone looking to give the gift of local arts and crafts will find them available at the traditional Christmas Bazaar, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Dolores Community Center. Fifty-four...

Take time to enjoy the spirit of the holidays by attending the classic play “Miracle on 34th Street” performed by the Dolores Schools Theater Troupe at 7 p.m. Nov. 22 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov....

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program would be an “economic disaster to cities and states.” He promised to do everything under the law to protect...

The San Juan National Forest has experienced a dry fall, which has increased the potential for wildfire. So far, no fire restrictions have been issued, but officials are advising forest visitors to...

The state’s finalized proposal for a new public health insurance option expected to lower insurance costs was released last week but leaves some questions unanswered about how it will function. The...

Ceriss Blackwood knows what it’s like to miss her home, but not quite the same way Rhiannon Yazzie understands it. Blackwood grew up in Ignacio and, after graduating from high school in the early...