For nearly 10 years, Atlantic Richfield Co. has been cleaning up the Rico-Argentine Mine site along the Dolores River as part of a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency removal order. Now, Arco...

The Base Camp Food and Fuel store in Dolores has added fresh-baked pizza and wings to the menu. A Hunt Brothers Pizza station was installed in December, said store manager Brian Roberts. Customers...

A Durango man died in a semitrailer crash Feb. 10 on Colorado Highway 141 near Slick Rock, according to the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office. Lance G. Luedtke, age 37, was killed in the crash, San...

To improve driver and pedestrian safety, this month the intersection of Montezuma Avenue and Mildred Road will be converted to a four-way stop from a two-way stop. In addition, the right-turn and...

The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office has designated three areas of critical environmental concern in Montezuma and San Miguel counties. The new amendment to the 2015 Resource...

A proposal by Montezuma County commissioners to install a fast-charge electric-vehicle station in Cortez has hit a hurdle because of high operating costs. The county wants to take advantage of a...

For the April 7 mail-in municipal election, Dolores voters will decide two key issues – retail marijuana sales and OHV use in town – plus vote in a mayor and three Town Board members. Mayor Chad...

The Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum is going through some changes. Amanda Hoffman has been named acting manager of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, a temporary...

The Dolores Town Board heard a proposal from Shaw Solar to install and operate solar panels on municipal buildings to reduce energy costs. Three buildings proposed for the panels are Town Hall, the...

About 100 farmers and ranchers heard updates from elected officials and state and federal agencies during the annual Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association meeting Saturday. Speakers included...

Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Rifle looking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez, came to town Friday to deliver her “constitutional conservatism” message to about 40...