Thanks to a week of rain, the Burro Fire is down to a smolder and is 80 percent contained, fire officials said Thursday. The fire is not expected to grow from its current 4,593 acres, and there is...

A Medicaid rebilling plan to improve the financial health of Southwest Memorial Hospital has not generated the expected results, but officials believe a new turnaround plan will. In May, the...

Animal cruelty charges have been filed against Daisy Stenzel for allegedly neglecting 18 horses on County Road N, prompting a seizure by the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office in April. This week,...

High winds Saturday evening knocked down power lines in Dolores, leaving 1,400 people without electricity for up to three hours. Gusts reaching 50 mph ripped off branches and knocked down trees...

All fun flows to The River Bar and Grill, a rejuvenated sports bar, restaurant and honky-tonk on the shores of the Dolores River. General manager Debbie Valerio is on a mission to create the best...

On Monday, the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office launched a search and rescue mission for a missing Telluride man thought to be in the Iron Mountain area. More than 80 rescue personnel and volunteers...

A violent crash recorded on video Monday in front of Woody’s Food Store on U.S. Highway 160 caused a vehicle fire, sent one person to the hospital and partially closed the highway for several...

The Montezuma County commissioners are getting pushback on their assertion that certain roads and trails running through the San Juan National Forest are under the jurisdiction of counties. In a...

For the first time since the 1950s, Montezuma County will have space for a museum, and this time, it is an entire building. The Montezuma Heritage Museum will be at 35 S. Chestnut St., and is...

An appeal by Luther A. Hampson, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Jonathan Hayes in 2012 near Dolores, has been denied. After sentencing in 2013, Hampson filed a motion...

Rains have put the Burro Fire down for a nap, allowing firefighters to get some chores done reinforcing containment lines. About .1 inch of rain fell on the fire Thursday night, said public...