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At its meeting on May 2, the Cortez Historic Preservation Board put the final touches on its plans for Historic Preservation Day on May 19. This will be the ninth time the city has organized the...

One person was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after the truck he was driving rolled off the side of Molas Pass at the Lime Creek curve. The driver, Don Curnow of Animas Towing & Recovery,...

An incomplete registered voters list has caused the High Desert Conservation District mill levy election on May 8 to be canceled. The special district was seeking a .5 mill levy to fund its...

A pickup truck crashed in a field off U.S. Highway 491 at County Road 18 at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle went about 60 feet off the highway into a field and rolled onto its top, according to...

The city of Cortez is holding a public meeting on Monday to gather residents’ feedback on Boutique Air, which serves the Cortez Municipal Airport. Boutique Air has served as Cortez’s sole airline...

The Dolores High School football team will play in the 1A Southern Peaks conference this fall, according to Bert Borgmann, assistant commissioner at the Colorado High School Activities Association....

Scott Cooper, superintendent of Dolores Schools, has announced he is resigning to take a job at a large school district in Grand Junction. He informed the school board yesterday and told staff this...

Mancos School District Re-4A held an open house Monday night to answer community questions and concerns about upcoming construction. Owner’s representative Monty Guiles led the meeting, presenting...

A Ute Mountain Ute fraud case continues to expand, and now totals more than $1.1 million in embezzled and stolen funds involving 11 people. On April 30 in U.S. District Court in Durango, three...

A crowd gathered at Mancos Brewing Co. on Saturday for FireWise of Southwest Colorado’s Living with Wildfire fundraiser. The afternoon event, which drew about 225 people, was designed to help fill...

A 21-year-old man who allegedly orchestrated a break out at a juvenile detention center in Durango last week faces possible charges of aiding escape, a felony. According to an arrest affidavit,...