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A third of restaurants fail city’s sanitation test

Three in 10 of the city’s restaurants have failed Cortez Sanitation District grease trap inspections this year. Due to a…

February 14, 2014

Local News

Cause of fire eludes investigators

CBI visits scene,collects samples

February 14, 2014

Local News

GOP’s 2014 gun battle appears to misfire

DENVER – The debate over guns all but ended at the state Legislature on Wednesday, and it didn’t go out…

February 14, 2014

Local News

Tipton faces Pueblo challenger

McFayden announces election bid

February 14, 2014

Business

Mr. Happy’s is looking for a buyer

Owner has been in business 4 years in Cortez

February 13, 2014

Local News

Beauty is fleeting

Durangoan wins gold in international snow sculpture contest in Breckenridge

February 13, 2014

Local News

Mancos getting water, but don’t drink it yet

Service being restored, but water may not be safe until Monday

February 13, 2014

Mancos getting water, but it’s not safe to drink

Limited nonpotable water started to flow Tuesday evening after pumps failed Sunday at the water treatment plant and cut off…

February 12, 2014

Snyder named Stockman of the Year

Joylene Higgins is Cowbelle of the Year at annual S.W. Colorado Livestock awards celebration

February 12, 2014

Artist shows updated cowgirl jewelry

Organic, raw, earthy. These are the words local Cortez artist Ann Goodall uses to describe her contemporary cowgirl jewelry. The…

February 12, 2014

Fire guts 3 shops in Cortez

Traffic detoured until noon Sunday

February 12, 2014

Dolores River Festival hires promoter

Fundraiser wants to raise profile, attract more concertgoers

February 12, 2014

Zippy and elk

Zippy the dog faces off with a herd of elk near Road 30 south of Dolores last week, constrained by…

February 12, 2014

Fire guts 3 shops in downtown Cortez

Traffic detoured until noon Sunday

February 11, 2014

Local artist creates updated cowgirl jewelry

Organic, raw, earthy. These are the words local Cortez artist Ann Goodall uses to describe her contemporary cowgirl jewelry. The…

February 11, 2014

Ag, water issues take center stage at meeting

Tipton warns livestock group of federal overreach

February 11, 2014

Ranch royalty

Sidney Snyder named Stockman of the Year; Joylene Higgins is Cowbelle of the Year

February 11, 2014

Disaster-assistance payments coming, but they’ve shrunk

After months of delay, disaster-assistance payments for non-insurable crops, like alfalfa, are being processed for local farmers. But each payment…

February 11, 2014

Mancos reconsiders commercial-building moratorium

The town board will consider new laws at the Wednesday, Feb. 12, meeting, including one to extend a moratorium on…

February 11, 2014

Mancos boil alert lifted; some restaurants hurting

State tested Mancos water samples safe to drink

February 11, 2014

Higher education at FLC higher-priced

Fort Lewis College students who are state residents will find their tuition has increased 6 percent when they return to…

February 11, 2014

Murder suspect claims insanity

Defendant appears to talk with herself

February 11, 2014

2014 Farm Bill expands forest aid

Bennetdu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – The new Farm Bill includes three provisions introduced by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to improve forest health.…

February 10, 2014

$State questions study about fracking, birth defects$

State questions study about fracking, birth defects

Health officials question connection to birth defects

February 10, 2014