An unusually high number of Cortez residents received overdue notices for their water bills in November, after the city switched to a new billing software. In August, the city’s water department...

Snow has finally arrived in Montezuma County, but I got a head start on the cold weather by going to Iceland the week of Thanksgiving. My friend Jamie Santee and I landed in Reykjavik, the capital...

Montezuma County residents crowded into the Four Seasons greenhouse Thursday night for the 18th annual Taste of the Seasons event.Chefs from dozens of restaurants, bakeries, breweries and other...

Below-freezing temperatures didn’t stop crowds of Montezuma County residents from lining Main Street for the annual Parade of Lights on Saturday. More than 50 floats participated in this year’s...

Although Cortez has yet to see a blizzard this fall, the precipitation in November was slightly above average for this time of year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center in Cortez...

Every year, the Piñon Project in Cortez teams up with community sponsors to provide Christmas presents to families who might not get them otherwise.Piñon’s program, dubbed Christmas for Kids, has...

Birdwatching, or “birding,” is among Colorado’s most popular outdoor activities during the spring, summer and fall months, but it doesn’t stop during winter. The Cortez Christmas Bird Count, an...

A winter storm that hit Cortez over the weekend prompted the city to send out snow trucks on Tuesday morning for the first time this winter. A storm warning was issued for Montezuma County on...

The Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry advisory board spent its November meeting discussing whether to make the Recreation Center a tobacco-free zone. Right now there is no policy in place to...

Farmers markets are not just a spring and summer activity in Montezuma County. Saturday marked the second weekend of the winter farmers market at the Four Seasons Greenhouse and Nursery in Dolores....