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Skid-steer driver charged with menacing, criminal mischief

A La Plata County man suspected of attacking people and private property with a skid-steer loader last week has been charged with three felonies and seven misdemeanors. John Westlund, 37, was...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four States Ag Expo comes to town March 14-16

Get prepared for the farming and ranching season at the Four States Agricultural Exposition March 14-16. The long-running tradition at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds is in its 37th year and is...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: City Market in Cortez reopens after fire scare

A sprinkler discharged a few hundred gallons of water inside of City Market in Cortez on Friday afternoon, closing the grocery store for a couple of hours. Firefighters, police officers and...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man gets 10 years prison for threatening, attacking deputies

A La Plata County man who punched La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies and threatened them with a knife late last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Jake Williams, 28, shoved, punched and...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sergeant cleared in shooting of armed, ‘depressed’ Mancos man

A Colorado State Patrol sergeant who fatally shot an armed Mancos man after a rollover on Thanksgiving Day in Gunnison County will not face criminal charges, according to District Attorney Dan...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Storm warning is in effect this weekend in San Juan Mountains

A winter storm warning is in effect from midnight tonight until noon Sunday in much of Southwest Colorado and southeast Utah, according to the National Weather Service. Snow is expected to be heavy...

DATE: March 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman found guilty in dispute with Dove Creek Fire

A jury found a Mancos woman guilty Thursday of criminal mischief for causing $20,000 to $100,000 in damage to the Dove Creek Fire Protection District when she excavated the fire district’s...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Committee OKs bill to expand immigrant driver’s licenses

DENVER — Colorado’s dairy and livestock industries backed bipartisan legislation Thursday to expand a state program in which residents who are in the country illegally can obtain driver’s licenses...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘The Music Man’ comes to town in high school production

Trombones, conniving salesmen, and a barber shop quartet are marching in to Montezuma-Cortez High School next week, for the high school theater department’s opening weekend of “The Music Man.” The...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wigglin’ Pig granted liquor license in downtown Cortez

The Wigglin’ Pig on West Main Street in Cortez can now serve alcohol along with pulled pork tacos, grilled cheese and other “gourmet comfort food” dishes. The Cortez City Council on Tuesday...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife managers track eagles’ movements in Southwest Colorado

Eagle B-75 spends most of her time in Durango, fishing the Animas River and picking off easy prey – usually prairie dogs – in surrounding farmlands. But a few summers ago, the female bald eagle...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado plane lost radio contact before crash in Nevada

Associated Press ELY, Nev. — Air traffic controllers lost contact with a small plane in bad weather before it crashed in eastern Nevada this month, killing a Colorado couple. The National...

DATE: Feb. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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