Search and Rescue and Telluride Ski Patrol have recovered the body of a backcountry skier who was killed in an avalanche Tuesday in the Bear Creek Preserve area in Telluride, according to the San...

A man and his dog were rescued Friday afternoon after falling through the ice on Totten Lake. Crews from the Cortez Fire Protection District responded to a 911 call at 2:30 p.m. and were the first...

New Montezuma County Planning Director Don Haley has a background in the construction business and is a longtime local. Haley studied construction management at Colorado State University, and has...

Drilling for carbon dioxide by Kinder Morgan benefits the county with jobs and property tax revenues, but it also has impacts such as noise and increased traffic for rural residents. The potential...

An update on the cattle market was provided by an expert during the San Juan Basin Beef Symposium at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds last week. Katelyn McCullock, senior agriculture economist with...

The Dolores Town board continued its discussion about adding hunting restrictions in town and addressed several other topics. Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin said that according to a town...

Slick road conditions from a snowstorm contributed to two crashes Monday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. About 8 a.m., a truck on U.S. Highway 160 near the Mesa Verde National Park...

History Colorado has awarded Ekaterini Vlahos and Michael Nulty, of the University of Colorado Denver, a 2019 Stephen H. Hart Award for their recent work documenting the Lowry Pueblo, a national...

Bureau of Land Management law enforcement ranger Tyler Fouss has been named acting manager of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Fouss will serve in the post until May, to allow time for...

Colorado has implemented new restaurant inspection regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The Colorado Retail Food Establishment Rules and Regulations are based on a national standard for retail...

Monday’s snowstorm brought total winter snowfall to 31.6 inches for Cortez, said Jim Andrus, local meteorologist for the National Weather Service. “That is four times the total snowfall of all last...