The Cortez Fire Protection District has received a $2 million grant to build a new fire station. A station will be constructed at North and Washington streets to replace the existing station and...

Cortez artist Rosie Carter brings her three-dimensional works to Olio Restaurant in Mancos this week. Carter’s show, titled “All Shining Briefly,” runs Aug. 27 through Oct. 15. It will be the third...

When Jason Spruell was appointed in April as Mancos marshal, he had several goals in mind for the department. After the first few months on the job, he said he’s making progress. “I’m trying to...

Durango’s 9-R School District has applied to leave the San Juan Board of Cooperative Educational Services. That would leave Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 as the largest remaining district in BOCES, which...

The Reach Out Music Festival this weekend will bring a mixture of Christian music artists to Cortez City Park. “We’re just trying to bring something positive to the community,” said event organizer...

After the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 Board of Education voted at its last meeting in June to demolish the retired high school on Seventh Street, board members said the district needed to do everything...

As students geared up for the first day of school in Mancos this week, school board members and staff on Monday debated the best way to address security on the school campus. Board members weighed...

Mesa Verde National Park personnel are proposing a possible entrance fee increase in 2017.A public meeting has been scheduled for Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. at the conference room at First National Bank,...

Cortez faces a showdown with Aspen in Elevation Outdoors Magazine’s Top Colorado Adventure Town 2016 contest. The magazine is a guide to outdoor sports, health, fitness and adventure in Colorado...