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Selecting plants for the Main Street medians in downtown Cortez was not a decision made lightly. Cortez Parks Superintendent Mark Boblitt said the city was limited to plants that are...

Stories of a famous Dolores River rapid and how it got its absurd local nickname – the Chicken Raper – were shared with a packed house of boaters at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez last week. The...

Only two people showed up Oct. 23 to comment on La Plata County's proposed 2019 budget, which plans for another year of low revenues. "If folks knew what this budget really meant, hopefully there...

Cortez has awarded $27,000 in grant funding to local nonprofits. The City Council in a workshop on Oct. 23 went down a list of 31 applications totaling $118,000 in funding requests and tentatively...

About 500 residents in eastern La Plata County have made a commitment to ensure 10 percent of their food comes from local sources. “It’s a little bit of a challenge, but it’s not intimidating,”...

Enrollment and revenue at Dolores public schools have each fallen over 10 percent since 2015, but students have shown notable increases in testing performance, particularly in the lower grades....

A film about families torn apart after the Civil War is expected to be shot in Southwest Colorado and feature local rodeo talent. “The Orphan Train” tells the story of a Union soldier seeking his...

With the General Election less than a week away, candidates for the Colorado General Assembly filed their final campaign-finance reports before voters’ mail-in ballots are due. The final financial...

Operation Graduation — a community program that provides a safe, substance-free celebration for high school seniors on graduation night — is in the planning and fundraising stage. Families and...

Water consumption in Cortez has decreased 38.5 percent since 1990, but for Public Works Director Phil Johnson, that’s still too high. A consumer uses about 200 gallons of water each day, down from...

A man with a warrant for his arrest fled from police Tuesday morning in northeast Durango, prompting police to place two schools on lockout. Police called off the search for Christopher Davis, 45,...