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The summit of the 2A San Juan Basin League had been an elusive goal for Montezuma County’s two 2A District 3 representatives. On Saturday, a strong semifinal victory over Telluride propelled...

“There’s probably a Marv Heemeyer or two in every small community in America,” said Patrick Brower, journalist and author of “Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage.” In June...

A man in a skid-steer loader who allegedly tried to run people over Friday night in northern La Plata County was arrested at gunpoint, police said. John Westlund, 37, allegedly approached two...

Durangoans Jan and Greg Phillips paid more than $24,000 in health care premiums last year for insurance they purchased through Rocky Mountain Health Plans. “Each year it keeps getting worse,” Jan...

A major 48-hour snowstorm in Montezuma County tapered off Friday, and a new report showed that although snowpack continues to grow, a whitewater season on the Dolores River this year was unlikely....

In a game in which momentum swung numerous times and every basket was of utmost importance, the Montezuma-Cortez High School boys basketball team defeated Bayfield High School, 66-59, in the...

Eli Tomac on Saturday dominated the first two legs of the Detroit Supercross and held on for a sixth-place finish in the third to win the triple crown at Ford Field. He was fast all day. After...

U.S. House Rep. Scott Tipton has introduced legislation seeking to make permanent a federal program that provides fourth-graders free access to federally managed lands. Every Kid in a Park, first...

Davin Montoya and his family have been working the land and raising cattle in Southwest Colorado since the turn of the century. It hasn’t always been easy, and like most ranchers and farmers who...

Four people reported minor injuries at noon Saturday after a Toyota Tacoma and a Chevy pickup collided on Dolores-Norwood Road. Kim Jones, assistant fire chief with Dolores Fire Protection...

At least two crashes occurred Saturday as drivers returned to roads as a three-day storm left Montezuma County. Three vehicles were involved in a crash that left a Jeep rolled over in the center...