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Southwest Colorado is feeling the effects of the partial government shutdown as it enters its 25th day – the longest shutdown in U.S. history. La Plata County commissioners on Tuesday sent a letter...

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will soon get a new exhibit in its museum: a 17-foot boat brought to Durango by rail in 1939. The Mary Jane, named after a person, not a plant, will be...

Colorado farmers and agricultural researchers are facing unavailable resources and tighter budgets as the federal government nears its fourth week of a partial shutdown. In Colorado, about 3,600...

Mancos has a new marshal in town, as Town Administrator Heather Alvarez officially hired Montezuma County patrol deputy Justen Goodall for the job. The decision came after Goodall and fellow...

The third annual Cortez Women’s March for Unity will take place Jan. 19 at Cortez City Park at 10 a.m. Speakers include Cortez Mayor Karen Sheek, former candidate for Montezuma County Board of...

The former executive director of a Cortez nonprofit suspected of felony theft and witness tampering could have her charges reduced to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Cheryl J. Beene, 60, on Tuesday pleaded...

The Board of Education for the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 will meet tonight for their first regular meeting of 2019. Directors will consider reauthorizing a charter for Battle Rock...

The Cortez Communication Center has upgraded its system to accept 911 texts for reporting emergencies in Montezuma and Dolores counties. It is always better to call 911 if you can, says Lori...

On the first day of its release, 29 artists in Cortez responded to an artist registry survey from the Cortez Public Art Advisory Committee, leaving Sonja Horoshko surprised. “The responses so far...

There are hundreds of books on cowboys in the American West, but Durango historian Andrew Gulliford said it’s been 70 years since anyone wrote about sheep. That is, until Gulliford recently...

Ardent skiers have another reason to attend Fort Lewis College: free passes to Purgatory Resort and Hesperus Ski Area for full-time, first-year students. “We’re so grateful for this partnership...