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Update: Deputy, recruit recovering after close call with chase suspect

A man on Sunday led officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed, 50-mile chase through Dolores and Mancos before he crashed and was arrested on U.S. Highway 160 east of Cortez. A deputy and a...

DATE: March 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eli Tomac starts fast, dominates Daytona Supercross

Eli Tomac of Cortez broke fast from the gate and quickly raced to the lead for a dominating win Saturday night in the 450 Supercross at Daytona International Speedway. The win catapulted him from...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores Peewee Wrestling Club opens season in Monticello

Eager to put the skills that they have been perfecting in practice to the test, several members of the Dolores Peewee Wrestling Club traveled to Monticello on March 2 to compete in their first...

DATE: March 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ute Mountain tribe hosts solar open house

An open house for the Ute Mountain Community Solar Project will be held on March 12 at the Towaoc Community Center from 5-6 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Ute Mountain Ute tribe’s $2...

DATE: March 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Cortez Adult Education Center starts ESL and GED classes on April 1

The Cortez Adult Education Center will start Session IV English as a Second Language and GED/High School Equivalency classes on April 1. Class registration will be Tuesdays from 12-3 p.m. for GED...

DATE: March 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Panthers bounced from state tournament by Sterling

Playing in its first state tournament in more than a decade, the Montezuma-Cortez High School boys’ basketball team started strong before fading down the stretch of a 51-30 opening-round loss to...

DATE: March 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Bluejays drop state-tournament opener to Holly

Playing in its first Class 2A State Tournament in more than a decade, the Mancos High School boys’ basketball team did not show signs of nerves and hung tough with top-ranked Holly High School for...

DATE: March 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Commissioners host town hall meeting tonight in Mancos

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners will host a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mancos Town Hall, 117 N. Main St. Commissioners Keenan Ertel, Larry Don Suckla, and Jim...

DATE: March 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Panthers open state tournament against a big Sterling team

When members of the Montezuma-Cortez High School basketball team take the court at Denver University on Thursday night, they will do so with the knowledge that they have already put together a...

DATE: March 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Bluejays open state tournament against top-ranked Holly

When state tournament brackets for Colorado’s 2A Classification were released at the end of last week, the Mancos High School basketball team immediately realized that it would need a special...

DATE: March 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Archaeological society hosts talk about infant mortality

The next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host Andrew Carroll for a program titled “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Infant mortality at Poggio Civitate, Murlo.”...

DATE: March 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanches, mitigation cause delays Monday on SW Colorado passes

Avalanches and mitigation work caused delays Monday on Lizard Head and Wolf Creek passes as well as on passes in the U.S. 550 mountain corridor. Snowslides happened Sunday in the area, but no...

DATE: March 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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