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Winter is off to a slow start in the Dolores Basin, and it’s becoming a concern for McPhee reservoir managers. Mountain snowpack is sparse, with more brown ground showing than the white stuff....

On Tuesday the Cortez Planning and Zoning Board approved a permit that will allow the Good Samaritan Center and Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative to open a joint distribution site on North Beech...

The Cortez Recreation Center hosted an open house on Tuesday to discuss an upcoming ballot issue that could affect its revenue. Cortez plans to put a question on the April 3 ballot asking residents...

On Saturday, Montezuma Great Old Broads for Wilderness will host a rally at the Sand Canyon trailhead to support national monuments. Montezuma Broadband leader Pat McClenny said the rally is in...

“Christmas in Dolores,” an annual celebration that attracts families from throughout Montezuma County, will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Town of Dolores, the Dolores...

A Durango man accused of armed carjacking at Fort Lewis College is being held on $50,000 bail at the La Plata County Jail. Roger Chase Brassard, 25, made his first appearance Monday in 6th Judicial...

On Tuesday, The Pony Expresso, a popular coffee shop on Railroad Avenue, closed its doors after five years in business. Owner Teresa Howell said closing the shop was a hard decision, but she wants...

Lydia Burke and Michael Witten from The Hampstead Stage Company , in Barnstead, New Hampshire, performed to a packed crowd at the Sunflower Theatre on Saturday afternoon. They performed a classic...

A Mancos couple has begun the daunting task of restoring one of the town’s oldest buildings. The Mancos Opera House, at 136 W. Grand Ave., was built in 1910 and originally housed a grocery, a drug...

SALT LAKE CITY – President Donald Trump’s rare move to shrink two large national monuments in Utah triggered another round of outrage among Native American leaders who vowed to take the fight to...

An oil and gas operator in Southwest Colorado says a cow is at fault for causing a spill at a well site near Ignacio – which might be a first for the state. “There is nothing new under the sun,...