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Experts say economic expansion should run through 2019

A clock is ticking on the current U.S. economic expansion, the second longest on record, but three economists who delivered their economic forecasts for 2019 expect the good times will continue...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Plea deal pending for woman who faces repeat drug charges

A Montezuma County resident on a 12-month deferred sentence for drug charges in February 2018 picked up similar drug charges in December and in 2019 received two summons after her dog allegedly...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Basin Beef Symposium will have a drought focus

The annual San Juan Basin Beef Symposium at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds will focus this year on resiliency, profitability and herd health. The symposium will be held Feb. 6 at the Montezuma...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Cowbelles raise quilt along Main Street

The Southwestern Cowbelles ceremoniously posted their annual quilt in the windows at Southwest Printing on Thursday, meaning that raffle tickets for a chance to take home the handcrafted quilt are...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Real beer’ hits Cortez grocery store shelves

A six-pack of full-strength Trippel Belgian Style Ale now sits on the shelf at Safeway in Cortez. The ale, 8.5 percent alcohol by volume, sits alongside a 9 percent pack of Voodoo Ranger Imperial...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman’s lawsuit accuses funeral home of illegally harvesting mother’s body parts

A La Plata County woman has filed a lawsuit accusing a Montrose funeral home and a business that harvests and sells body parts of dismembering her mother and selling the body parts without her...

DATE: Jan. 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

You won’t believe where Ska Brewing’s second biggest market is

It took the right timing, the right beer and a little bit of luck for Ska Brewing Co. to find its second biggest market. It seems odd that of all places in the world, Sweden would be such a huge...

DATE: Jan. 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Bond relief denied in December kidnapping, robbery case on Road G

One of two defendants suspected of kidnapping, robbing and threatening to kill and bury a hitchhiker on County Road G in December was denied a bond reduction Wednesday in Montezuma County Court....

DATE: Jan. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado to get a permanent weather radar system

It’s official: A permanent weather radar system for Southwest Colorado and the Four Corners is on its way. Recently, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs awarded $1.7 million in funding for...

DATE: Jan. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flu season less severe in Colorado this year

Flu season in Colorado is less severe than the record-setting flu season the state experienced last year, according to state health officials. Statewide, 960 people have been hospitalized with flu...

DATE: Jan. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Welcome Center replacing HVAC before summer

Tourists who stop by the Colorado Welcome Center at Cortez this summer will find refuge from the heat. The City Council on Tuesday awarded a $140,000 bid to Comfort Air to install a new heating,...

DATE: Jan. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Elected officials take oath of office

Nine Montezuma County officials elected Nov. 6 were sworn in to serve the oath of public office by Chief District Court Judge Douglas Walker during a ceremony Tuesday at the Montezuma County...

DATE: Jan. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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