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The city of Cortez has produced a preliminary budget for 2019 with a beginning balance of $4.35 million, general fund expenditures of $13.69 million and $32.87 million in total expenses. The City...

The city of Cortez has produced a preliminary budget for 2019 with a beginning balance of $4.35 million, general fund expenditures of $13.69 million and $32.87 million in total expenses. The City...

Voters for the Telluride School District R-1 on Nov. 6 approved a mill levy increase by a margin of 64.4 percent to 35.1 percent, the Telluride Planet reported. The increase is expected to raise...

A La Plata County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who serves as commander of the Southwest Drug Task Force will resign at the end of the month after allegedly stealing food from a crime scene while on...

Using the power of popular culture to combat stereotypes of Native Americans drives Lee Francis, a self-described “indigenerd” who grew up with a passion for comics but who rarely saw portrayals of...

How safe is your home or business from being damaged or destroyed by a nearby wildfire? The issue became very pertinent this year for Dolores locals when the Plateau Fire came within 6 miles of...

DENVER – The number of Coloradans whose homes are at risk from wildfires soared 45 percent in five years, reflecting the state’s booming population and changing uses of agricultural land, state...

La Plata County Commissioner Brad Blake, who was defeated by 23 votes, will not request a recount of the Nov. 6 election, according to La Plata County Clerk & Recorder Tiffany Parker. Parker said...

A father of three who killed his wife by shooting her in the head in 2014 insists the marijuana edible he ate made him do it. “There is absolutely no other situation that I can think of where I...

A frozen, severed head arrived at the lab. The bighorn sheep’s horns, splattered with bright red blood, curled tightly around its face. Its open eyes seemed alive, and its cracked mouth revealed...

The 29th annual Four Corners Board of Realtors Parade of Lights will continue its normal route on Main Street on Dec. 1, and participants can register through Nov. 29. Entering a float in the...