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Montezuma County’s new 22nd Judicial District combined courthouse is about 65 percent complete, on budget and on schedule to be completed by August, officials said Friday. The $8.3 million project...

The death of a Mancos woman whose body was found in Summit Lake on May 12 was likely an accident, according to investigators at the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy was performed...

Southwest Colorado Community College handed out 105 degrees and certificates at its 2017 commencement on May 14 at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, according to a news...

A driver led law enforcement officers on a chase down Montezuma County Road G late Friday afternoon before being apprehended about four miles from the Utah state line. The chase began near Battle...

In the latest park project planned for this year, the Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry advisory council on Friday discussed possible improvements to the trails in the Carpenter and Geer...

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District budget outlook for the 2017-2018 school year is full of “very good news,” according to Finance Manager Carla Hoehn. Hoehn presented the district’s...

Drug crimes are up and patrol stops are down in Montezuma County, and Sheriff Steve Nowlin says he doesn’t have the manpower to reverse either trend. Nowlin attributed the trends mainly to a...

The FBI is searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that took place in Aneth, Utah, on the Navajo Nation on Thursday, according to a statement FBI spokeswoman Sandra Barker. A 46-year-old man...

The retired Montezuma-Cortez High School building will finally come down starting Monday, according to Re-1 school district officials.Owner’s Rep Jim Ketter, who is overseeing the project, said...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gwen Lachelt may have impacted the votes that defeated the joint resolution to disapprove of the Department of the Interior’s methane rule. On a visit to Washington on Tuesday,...

Rain, thunderstorms, wind, snow, hail and cold temperatures came together this week to make a quintessential Southwest Colorado spring weather cocktail.The National Weather Service on Tuesday...