A fire caused about $200,000 in damage to a home north of Cortez on Wednesday afternoon, according to Cortez Fire Chief Jeff Vandevoorde. The fire started just after 1 p.m. in the garage of a home...

Mancos Elementary School Principal Cathy Epps was airlifted to Farmington after a two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Colorado Highway 184, according to Colorado State Patrol officers. The crash...

A winter storm warning will be in effect until Friday morning throughout Southwest Colorado, according to the National Weather Service. The Colorado Department of Transportation on Tuesday night...

The Christmas Eve storm is expected to depart Montezuma County by Monday morning and be followed by a gradual warming trend. The high temperature on Monday is forecast to be about 30 degrees, and...

Santa Claus and his helpers traded a sleigh for a firetruck on Christmas Eve to deliver presents to children in Montezuma County. The Cortez Fire Protection District delivered gifts on Saturday...

The Cortez Police have released two Crime Stoppers alerts regarding a break-in at the Doobie Sisters Marijuana Dispensary and a possible hate crime. On Dec. 4 at 3:47 a.m. two suspects broke into...

A power outage affected 500 customers of Empire Electric early Thursday morning for a few hours. The outage was reported at 4:52 a.m. and was restored at 7:47 a.m., said Empire member services...

Mesa TV seeks money for broadcasts Mesa TV of Cortez is asking that Montezuma County begin paying to broadcast its weekly commission meetings on the company’s channel. For the past year, the...

A brush pile south of Cortez caught on fire Monday morning, Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Bittle said. Fire crews responded about 5:30 a.m. to South Oak Street between Road G.15 and Road H, Bittle...