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An inmate at Montezuma County Detention Center faces new charges after three hypodermic syringes were found in his hair bun on Dec. 20. Two syringes were empty, but one contained a clear liquid...

A report of a man attempting to ram his vehicle into a sales booth on the Colorado side of the Four Corners Monument on Dec. 19 turned out to be a misunderstanding. Dispatch received the unusual...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Aerial surveys of forested land in Arizona and New Mexico show large swaths of dead trees after an unusually dry winter that aided pests such as bark beetles. Arizona saw its...

A Shiprock man with seven DUI convictions in New Mexico and two in Colorado was arrested on a DUI in Cortez on Dec. 23. Perry Hayes Jr., 47, allegedly had an open case of Budweiser in the backseat...

Another car, the second in two weeks, went off Red Mountain Pass on U.S. Highway 550 between Silverton and Ouray on Wednesday night. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler said a car went off...

From concerns over the removal of trees at a school construction project to concerns over the use of an herbicide at a city park, 2018 in Mancos has been a year of conflict over land management and...

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners and the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Co. will go to trial in July to determine which entity is responsible to pay to replace aging culverts....

On many levels, sports are defined repetition. For instance, free throws are always worth one point, four quarters make up an entire football game, and 400-yard dashes never vary in distance....

Out with the old, and in with the cold: The remainder of 2018 is expected to be unseasonably chilly as a cold front moves into Southwest Colorado. The National Weather Service on Thursday announced...

Major wildfires, drought, a large marijuana drug bust, an officer-involved fatal shooting, large hospital layoffs and a hard-fought election topped the news charts for Montezuma County in 2018....

Cortez looks different in 2018. There are new medians on Main Street, the city launched a new website, and Cortez hired a new city manager. And there are more changes in store. The city has long...