Dolores County elected two new commissioners, opted out of SB152, retained the county judge, and passed an ambulance district mill levy.Republican Steve Garchar won the District 2 commissioner...

On Tuesday, Montezuma County and the town of Dolores both voted to opt out of restrictive Senate Bill 152, a law that prohibits governments from getting into the telecommunication business. In...

The Spinning Wheels, featuring Dolores and Durango musicians, will play the Riverfront Bar and Grill in Dolores on Saturday, Nov. 12. The band plays Americana infused with “a sonic, spiritual...

Going into the 2017 water year, McPhee Reservoir has the best carryover storage since 2011, managers report. With the close of irrigation season, the lake has retained 143,384 acre-feet of active...

Two juveniles’ deaths in recent weeks, one from Cortez and one from Dolores, are being investigated as probable suicides, according to the Montezuma County sheriff’s office.One death occurred in...

Local apples were once again pressed into juice for market during a successful pilot project held in a Lebanon orchard last month. The event, sponsored by the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project,...

Small, intricately carved fetishes of ceremonial animals and figures are a popular form of contemporary art created by the Zuni Tribe of eastern New Mexico. The origins and significance of the Zuni...

The Knolls Fire, burning in a remote portion of the San Juan National Forest southwest of Lone Mesa State Park, grew from 70 acres to 317 acres on Thursday, reported Ann Bond, of the San Juan...

As the oil and CO2 markets fizzle, so does the 2017 Montezuma County budget. During a budget workshop Monday, county administrator Melissa Brunner reported that department budgets will need to be...

The election buzz is reaching frenzied levels with the main crescendo still to come, reports Montezuma County Clerk Kim Percell.As of Wednesday morning, 5,846 ballots of the 16,000 ballots that...

As the Bureau of Land Management works to protect the threatened Gunnison Sage Grouse in southwest Colorado, so are private landowners who are establishing conservation easements in the bird’s...