The town of Mancos kicked off 2020 by approving a contract to help residents navigate the municipal code online. At their first board meeting of the year on Jan. 8, trustees also continued a...

Three years after its inception, the Women’s March is still going strong in Cortez, and Saturday morning saw a colorful array of locals turn out to circle what is now called Veterans Park – with...

A Cortez official’s Facebook post in December has sparked heated exchanges on social media and at a recent City Council meeting. The thread was initiated Dec. 11 by city Planning and Zoning...

Project-based learning will take center stage at the Mancos schools’ open house next week. The school district’s annual open house will happen Wednesday night in the Mancos Elementary School, and...

The Cortez City Council is looking at pausing land use code actions after facing opposition to the update. The code update was set for a second reading and potential approval at the Jan. 28...

In this year’s municipal election, four open seats on the Mancos Town Board will be contested. The election will happen April 7, and interested candidates have until Jan. 27 to circulate petitions...

The Mancos Marshal’s Office is now staffed by five officials, with the fifth and final deputy sworn in last week. Angelita Topaha was sworn in at the Mancos Town Board meeting Jan. 8. She...

An 18-year-old who was living in his Jeep in Cortez is seeking help after his vehicle and all his belongings were stolen last week. According to the vehicle’s owner, Ryker Lancaster-Milligan, the...

Montezuma-Cortez Middle School students may have a new playground coming this summer. A group of students, teachers, and city of Cortez staff members have been working on the design since last...

Tickets are available for an opera coming to the Mancos Opera House in May. “The Blacksmith,” a two-act French comic opera that is being updated to Mancos in the late 19th century, will be...

More than 200 people attended a forum Thursday to express and hear concerns about Cortez’s proposed land use code. The meeting was hosted by the Republican Women of Montezuma County at the Baymont...