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DENVER – The state’s Department of Higher Education is beginning its work to study teacher shortages after State Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, sponsored a bill requiring it. McLachlan, with...

The Cortez Farmers Market had perfect weather for its opening day on Saturday, as several dozen local vendors set up shop on Main Street amid sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. Visitors and...

Two Cortez rodeo enthusiasts have spent the weeks leading up to the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo promoting their favorite sport among younger children. Tegan Duncan and Cassie Finley are this year’s...

The Dolores River below McPhee dam has boatable flows again after a brief hiatus to fill the reservoir.Flows between 800 and 1,200 cubic feet per second are expected through Sunday, and could...

From 2000 to 2003, a series of wildfires ripped through Mesa Verde National Park, burning about 24,000-acres – nearly half of the park’s old growth forest. Now, almost two decades later, park...

The 69th Annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo starts this week, and rodeo chairman Bentley Colbert promises another weekend of quality, entertaining shows. “It should be all right,” Colbert said....

The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office has concluded its investigation into the death of a man who apparently ended his life near Mancos in early May. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on...

Montezuma County Undersheriff Jim Kingery announced his retirement on Wednesday, after about 21 years in local law enforcement. Kingery started his career as a patrol officer with the Cortez Police...

A Cortez man faces multiple felony drug charges after he allegedly imported cocaine and steroids from Mexico into Colorado, according to court and police records. Ryan Lee Buffington pleaded not...

The next step in the Bridge Emergency Shelter’s bid for a better building is underway, with the help of the Cortez community.On Thursday, Laurie Knutson, the shelter’s executive director, submitted...

DENVER – The saga of the Hospital Provider Fee came to an end Tuesday in Fowler, a town of just over 1,100 people east of Pueblo, when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 267 into law. The...