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Editor’s Note: This is the second of three parts of Erastus Thompson’s recollections of life in Montezuma County in the late 1800s. The entire article is in the Montezuma County Historical Society...

An increasing number of deaths in Southwest Colorado is causing trouble for the La Plata County Coroner’s Office: too many bodies and not enough space at the morgue. “This is one of the challenges...

Three days after a report of a threat against Mancos schools led to lockout procedures and heightened security, a district employee has been cited for allegedly fabricating the report. According to...

A 25-year-old Bayfield man who is the prime suspect in a shooting that occurred last weekend in Ignacio remained on the loose Tuesday and is considered “armed and dangerous,” according to the...

Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who failed to register as a sex offender on Jan. 18. Scott Guzman-Gray, a county resident who has been convicted of misdemeanor sexual...

The Dolores School Board held its annual linkage event last Thursday afternoon. “Linkage” is a time for students to speak with the board in a casual setting, on their own turf. The board met with...

When author William Matson set out to help write Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life & Legacy, he was trying to fulfill a death-bed promise he made to his father. “My dad was (in) World War II,...

Patsy Ruth Howard Brown passed away at age 85 after a life of service on Feb. 13. Cortez has lost a prominent member of the community. Brown was raised on a ranch in Powderhorn, graduated from...

SANTA FE – A New Mexico boy who authorities said endured years of abuse and was found buried along the side of a rural highway had not attended school for several months. Jeremiah Valencia’s...

WASHINGTON – The political horse race junkies in Washington are dying to know if a presidential run is in the cards for Gov. John Hickenlooper. But the Colorado Democrat refuses to show his hand....

Dylan Burress, 19, a Bayfield High School senior, has made Netflix binge-watching sessions a little more classy in the family living room with a walnut and cherry television stand. “It’s by far the...