The Mancos Chamber of Commerce advertises with the slogan “Where the West Still Lives,” and the town of Mancos advertises the town as the “Gateway to Mesa Verde.” But the hundreds of years of...

Surprise medical bills are a burden on hospital patients who do not anticipate paying out of pocket for elective procedures and other forms of pre-planned care. Complaints about the unforeseen...

The 19th Amendment became law on Aug. 26, 1920, a first step toward the right to vote for women. One hundred years later, the granddaughter of a suffragist drove with the League of Women Voters of...

Lower enrollment numbers for the upcoming school year could take a substantial financial toll on Montezuma-Cortez schools. As of Tuesday evening, 2,047 students enrolled in the district, compared...

Wildfire smoke has settled across Southwest Colorado, exacerbating record-high temperatures with an oppressive heat. The Pine Gulch Fire in Grand Junction, now the second-largest fire in state...

People around the world have been limiting face-to-face contact to slow the spread of COVID-19, meaning stress and feelings of isolation have burgeoned. And then came a spate of ferocious wildfires...

More than 200 people showed up at a casting call for the pilot of a new television series on Tuesday. Local novelist Chuck Greaves and well-known television and film director Félix Enríquez Alcalá...

Less than two months after Republican candidate Lauren Boebert knocked incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, out of his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the primary election, Boebert...

The Montezuma School to Farm Project on Thursday said it has received funding to expand its programs to the middle and high schools in Mancos and Dolores, and invited the schools to participate....

With less than a week before the new school year, parents of Montezuma-Cortez students are scrambling to find transportation for their children. Because of social distancing guidelines and reduced...

The Cortez City Council celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, with a female majority Tuesday evening. The 19th Amendment...