Thirty-five furloughed Mesa Verde National Park employees who had not been paid since the government shutdown ended have received their back pay, according to public information officer Cristy...

The Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday forwarded two recommendations to City Council that would set the stage for a bandstand at Montezuma Park. The process began last year when the...

A Texas corporation is seeking an injunction to prohibit Montezuma County maintenance on parts of County Road 41 until the court defines the county’s easement on the road, south of Mancos. After a...

Thousands of dollars were raised for nonprofits on Saturday night as more than 70 people who dressed as their favorite TV show characters participated in the Onward! A Legacy Foundation fourth...

A married couple in their 60s are facing eight years in prison after both pleaded guilty Friday to two identical counts of distribution of meth and distribution of heroin. Co-defendants Sherri L....

Ben Burkett has been away from home for about 18 years. Now, he’s back in Cortez with a prominent job as the city’s finance director. In mid-January, Burkett, a Montezuma-Cortez High School and...

A 22nd Judicial District judge on Monday gave a defense attorney two weeks to gather information to back up his allegation that an Arizona man was wrongfully removed from a Montrose community...

A Dolores man charged with assault and false imprisonment in early January was back in court Wednesday for failing to appear in court to apply for a public defender and violating a protection...

Local charges have been dismissed against a 47-year-old Kansas man who was found in a Cortez hotel on Jan. 24 with a 14-year-old girl who ran away from her Topeka home. He will be extradited and...

Since Oct. 4, Colorado’s 22nd Judicial District Court has sought a sanity evaluation for Jeremiah P. Damron at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. Now almost four months later, the...