The first doses of vaccine to protect local frontline health workers in Montezuma County from COVID-19 arrived Wednesday at Southwest Memorial Hospital. The Cortez hospital received an initial...

Drivers crashing off snowpacked and icy roads have kept emergency responders and law enforcement busy. On the evening of Dec. 12, a car traveling northbound on U.S. 491 in Cortez lost control in a...

A fire in massive slash piles behind the Aspen Wall Wood sawmill in Dolores has been 100% contained, but county emergency officials estimated that it could burn for days – and up to a year if it...

Area youths will continue to benefit from outdoor education activities, thanks to a $2.25 million Great Outdoors Colorado grant was awarded this month to the Montezuma Land Conservancy and...

Montezuma County has installed an electric vehicle charger at the county annex parking lot, 117 N. Chestnut St. The public station can charge up two vehicles at a time, and accepts a credit card...

Two environmental groups have sued federal land and wildlife agencies claiming they have failed to protect the Gunnison sage grouse from harmful livestock grazing in the Gunnison Basin. The lawsuit...

Montezuma County will remain at Level Orange on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s COVID-19 Dial. The county’s increasing rate of positive cases qualifies for the more...

The traditional sit-down Community Christmas Dinner in Cortez has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but hot meals will be available. Hope’s Kitchen of the First United Methodist...

Two vehicles crashed, and another slid off County Road G Thursday evening in snowy conditions. The crashes and slick conditions caused Road G west of Road 21 to be closed about 5:30 p.m. until a...

A 300-foot guardrail has been installed at the Lewis-Arriola Elementary school to protect it from vehicles on adjacent U.S. Highway 491. The safety measure was prompted after a Feb. 14 crash at the...

A slice of tradition brings out the community for a much-needed dose of normalcy in a year that has been anything but normal. The 31st annual Parade of Lights, organized by the Four Corners Board...