A long-abandoned gas station on the east side of Cortez has been transformed into Don Vic’s Mexican Grocery Store. Owner Victor Nunez purchased the building and remodeled it into a brightly colored...

The public is invited to attend a flurry of free writing and poetry workshops at the inaugural Cortez Literary Festival June 7-8. Keynote speaker Anne Hillerman will kick off the Cortez Library...

Six candidates have entered the race for three open seats on Empire Electric Association Inc.’s board of directors. Ballots will be sent to cooperative members in May for candidates running for a...

Learn about trail etiquette, get some exercise and win prizes during a Share the Trails event at the Mud Springs area south of Cortez on June 1 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The nonmotorized event is...

Montezuma County commissioners are urging a telecommunication company to consider another location for a tower planned in a commercial and residential neighborhood south of Cortez. AT&T is seeking...

McPhee Reservoir managers are predicting a whitewater boating release from the dam in time for Memorial Day weekend. The reservoir is rising more than a foot per day, and irrigation diversion...

Smoke has been visible northeast of Cortez from a prescribed burn in the Haycamp Mesa area of the San Juan National Forest. Fire crews with the Dolores Ranger District are lighting underbrush,...

A whitewater release from McPhee Dam this month will provide boating fun on the Dolores River, but it also will have ecological benefits. Aquatic biologist Jim White, of Colorado Parks and...

Officials with the San Juan National Forest, Bureau of Reclamation, Montezuma County Recreation Committee, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday discussed a proposal to allow motorized use on...

A federal judge has lifted a seven-year ban on uranium leases in Southwest Colorado after a U.S. mining program was shown to have no harmful effect on four endangered fish species in the Colorado...

The driver of a box truck that slammed into a passenger bus on Colorado Highway 145 south of Telluride was cited for careless driving, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The crash occurred May...