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Montezuma-Cortez High School student Danita Miles was one of 23 teens from Southwest Colorado to land an internship through the Pinhead Institute this year. The internship program was founded in...

A Pleasant View farmer is testing a new type of drip irrigation system that attaches to a center-pivot sprinkler. The High Desert Conservation District has teamed up with farmer Brian Wilson and...

Your favorite restaurant is now under more intense scrutiny from the local health department as an increase in inspectors has resulted in an eye-popping number of food safety violations for the...

The Cortez Fire Protection District dispatched three firefighters to wildfires north of Grand Junction last week. The firefighters are on a 21-day dispatch and headed to South Dakota to fight...

The first recorded snow of the season fell last night in Southwest Colorado, blanketing mountain peaks above 12,000 feet. “I’d say it’s less than an inch. It is a sign that fall is here,” said...

With the opioid epidemic reaching unprecedented national levels and more heroin flowing into Southwest Colorado, additional addiction-prevention work is set to start this fall. In October, 12...

Data recently released by the Region 9 Economic Development District show a slight increase in the number of jobs in Montezuma County in 2016, especially in the service sector. Region 9 economic...

Cortez firefighters responded to several small fires caused by lightning strikes during a brief thunderstorm Thursday afternoon. Assistant fire chief Shawn Bittle said three trees caught fire in...

A stretch of the Animas River south of Durango has turned fluorescent green from an algae bloom. The growth is most pronounced downstream of the South Durango Sanitation District treatment plant,...

The Trump administration has been steadily undoing environmental protections established by the Obama administration. Rules designed to fight climate change have been especially targeted. Many such...

At its Wednesday meeting, the Mancos town board approved an ordinance permanently banning open fires and fireworks within town limits, except under certain conditions. The board has discussed the...