Happy Birthday and Happy New Year to Oaklii Tree Dutchie, the first baby born in 2019 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. The healthy boy is the first child for Selena Dutchie, of Towaoc. She and her...

Lots of fresh snow, skiers on the trails and twinkling lights throughout town makes Dolores a living postcard for the winter holiday season. To encourage the festive spirit, the Dolores Chamber of...

Slick roads and an attempted roadside tow combined to cause a three-car accident that injured one person about 5 p.m. Monday on South Broadway in Cortez. A southbound black Mustang slid off the...

A fast-moving fire destroyed a family’s home at 30168 County Road H Sunday morning. All four people and pets in the two-story home were safely evacuated, and no one was injured, said Cortez Fire...

The Montezuma County Planning Department is considering how to address golden and bald eagles nesting on private land. Although the bald eagle was removed from the Endangered Species Act list in...

Three accidents within four miles of each other occurred on U.S. Highway 160 east of the Four Corners Monument Friday afternoon. Emergency responders were first dispatched to a crash at milepost 8...

The financial health of Southwest Memorial Hospital is improving, a popular doctor has been rehired, and there has been a change in board leadership. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Doug Bagge has signed a...

An outdoor gear lending library has been set up by the Piñon Project to serve local school programs, youth groups and other organizations. The inventory is funded by a Great Outdoors Colorado...

Major wildfires, drought, a large marijuana drug bust, an officer-involved fatal shooting, large hospital layoffs and a hard-fought election topped the news charts for Montezuma County in 2018....

A Christmas storm dumped 3.2 inches of snow in Cortez and about 6 inches in Dolores overnight Tuesday. For Cortez, the heavy, wet snow had a snow-water equivalent of about 5-to-1, said Jim Andrus,...

In 2018, Dolores saw changes in leadership, wildfires, new trails, a murder case, a school board recall election, a reality show and new businesses. The year kicked off violently with a murder the...