The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Board met for a daylong retreat on Monday to discuss strategic planning moving forward with the district. Before breaking into study groups, board members discussed...

Midge Kirk will launch her book “They Persisted” at the Mancos Public Library on Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. According to a news release, the book is a brief look at the lives of 21 women who were born in...

Mount Lookout Grange in Mancos will host a pancake breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 15 from 8 to 10 a.m. The breakfast has become an annual tradition for the town after it was...

A house fire on County Road 32 in Mancos is still under investigation. According to Shawn Bittle, assistant fire chief of the Cortez Fire Protection District, the point of origin was the kitchen,...

The Cortez Fire Protection District’s 2018 budget is a little tighter than usual, but it’s healthy, according to Fire Chief Jeff Vandevoorde. With the construction of the new fire station, the...

Literary Fridays at the library will continue into the new year at Cortez Public Library. The library will welcome the newest poet laureate of San Miguel County, Elissa Dickson, on Jan. 19 at 10...

Members of the American Legion and Cortez Veterans of Foreign Wars gathered at KSJD to award a local couple for their help in aiding veterans for “as long as they have been here.” Jack and Janelle...

A three-car fender bender about noon Friday briefly tied up traffic on West Main Street in Cortez. All three cars were in a westbound lane on West Main at North Chestnut Street. It appeared the...

The Mancos Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved gravel pads for an RV park and the town’s third marijuana shop. Developer Dugan McDonald proposed changes and an extension for the construction of...

Onward! A Legacy foundation has awarded 12 grants to regional nonprofits in 2017. In its 16th year, Onward! said it has created a foundation where investors can easily and safely make philanthropic...