The agriculture department at Dolores Schools is hosting FFA week to recruit future farmers and educate students on career opportunities. On Tuesday, it was tractor day, and dozens of elementary...

In an effort to boost the local outdoor recreation economy, Montezuma County commissioners want to obtain ownership of the roughly 800-acre Sage Hen area on McPhee Reservoir from the San Juan...

The “Strength of Siblings,” a short dramatic film made by youths of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe, will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. Show times are at 4:30 p.m. and...

The Montezuma County Fairgrounds and veteran services continue to show strong growth, according to reports presented to county commissioners. Last year, there were 273 days with major events or...

Longtime Telluride resident Kari Distefano will take over as Rico town manager in May. “Rico is such an interesting community, and I’m really looking forward to working with the town council and...

The Montezuma County Commission supports a proposed expansion of the King Coal II mine near Hesperus. In a Jan. 23 comment letter, commissioners urged the Bureau of Land Management to approve the...

An upstart mountain biking development club for youth is planning a bike swap/sale in Cortez this spring. Organizers with High Desert Devo are hosting the event to raise funds for local youth...

Celebrate 15 years of good beer and pizza, family-friendly dance parties, and a legacy of live music at the Dolores River Brewery anniversary party Feb. 19. Popular Denver rock band “Strange...

Fish habitat in the upper Dolores River basin is at risk from overall warmer weather and longer, more intense droughts, according to a long-term climate study recently released by Trout Unlimited....

Food stamp enrollment in Montezuma County grew by about seven percent last year, according to a report by Hunger Free Colorado. In 2016, 57 percent of eligible residents signed up for the service,...

An effort by Montezuma County to expand recycling is showing good initial results. In 2014, county commissioners revamped operations at the county landfill from a stacked-bale system to a...