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Two suicides were reported in Durango over a 24-hour period last week, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Paul John Erickson, 85, was found dead around noon Jan. 30 by his wife at his home in...

The culprit behind this year’s abnormally warm temperatures and lack of snowfall in Southwest Colorado – a weather pattern known as La Niña – is showing no signs of breaking down. “It’s...

The Good Samaritan food pantry is moving into a temporary location until its permanent new home in Cortez is ready. On Wednesday, director Kristen Tworek announced the food pantry would now operate...

The Unlimited Learning Center will hold an open house on Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to provide information on education programs and to honor longtime teacher Audrey Allmon. Allmon has been...

A local man was arrested Monday morning on domestic violence charges about 14 hours after police warned residents that an armed man presented a “significant threat” to residents in a Cortez...

Needing to lock down victories to keep pace with the Intermountain League’s top teams, the Montezuma-Cortez High School boys basketball team delivered two solid performances over the weekend and...

Coming off two straight wins, Eli Tomac of Cortez finished 13th after going down Saturday in a duel with Justin Barcia in the AMA Monster Energy 450 Supercross in Oakland. Tomac lined up in the No....

Cortez residents wore their best tie-dye and vintage leather jackets to the third annual Onward! A Legacy Foundation putt-putt tournament on Saturday. This year, 17 teams golfed 10 putt-putt holes,...

The newly formed Mancos Days Association met Thursday to plan for this year’s Mancos Days festival. In past years, the annual summer festival has been organized by the town, but in 2017 the board...

Montrose Forest Products has announced it is working on plans to expand its Montrose mill to process ponderosa pine harvested from the San Juan National Forest in Southwest Colorado. The $20...