Local News

Two walk away from plane crash at Cortez airport

No serious injuries reported; one person goes to hospital as ‘precaution’

Murder victim honored at sentencing

20-year-old killer gets 30 years in prison

Residents weigh in on water

Oxford farmer: Don’t give feds more authority

Tipton to host local Town Hall

Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, will return home to host a town hall meeting this week. A spokesperson said he’d answer questions from constituents and give an update on his work…

Sheriff’s blotter

Criminal Mischief Sunday, Aug. 24 An inmate broke a window in an entry door of the jail cell. The entire incident was captured on video surveillance. The inmate was issued…

Judge to sentence convicted killer

Plea deal calls for 30-year term

Overruns zero out fair’s bank account

Expenses for music event, management blamed

Event casts light on Alzheimer’s

Cortez fair, walk planned Sept. 6

Police Blotter

Monday, Aug. 11 11 p.m. An intoxicated man was reportedly jumping in front of vehicles on West Seventh Street and South Broadway. When asked by an officer what the man…

Variety is key to local dude ranch’s success

Majestic offers hiking laser tag, rafting

City repeals pot moratorium

Medical dispensaries can now apply for retail business licenses

Durango Natural Foods members want new board after merger talks

Members of Durango Natural Foods, upset about a move to merge the cooperative with a larger New Mexico purveyor of organic food, have launched an online petition to remove the…

Hesperus farmers highlight Denver luncheon

DENVER – Max Fields and James Plate were born to bring delicious homegrown Colorado produce from the farm to the table. After all, it’s in their name. The owners of…

Bikers descend on Four Corners for holiday

Motorcycle rally brings some fun and open wallets

Family fun

Donors step up after boys’ dad dies

Two boys hospitalized after U.S. 160 crash

Piñon takes prevention to peer level

Talking with kids about preventing suicide among their peers can be the difference between life and death. The Piñon Project is working to encourage those conversations through a three-year grant…

Gettin’ muddy

Prescribed burn planned near Dove Creek

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans a prescribed burn in the West Rim Pines fuels treatment project area, seven miles northeast of Dove Creek, beginning as…

Cortez council adopts pot regulations

Ordinance to monitor marijuana storefronts and cultivation facilities is approved 5-2