Cortez

A fire in Yellow Jacket Canyon southwest of Lewis on Monday reached 395 acres. The blaze, dubbed the Yellow Jacket Fire, was burning on private land and partially on Canyons of the Ancients...

A wildfire on the southeast side of Mesa Verde National Park grew to 46 acres by Sunday morning. According to Larry Helmerick, a fire information officer at the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination...

After three months of shuttered doors, the Fiesta Theatre in downtown Cortez is slated to reopen Friday. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted all sectors of society, including movie theaters. But...

Mesa Verde National Park has begun bait-trapping for wild horses as part of a long-term effort to habituate them for eventual capture, removal and adoption. As many as 80 “free-roaming” mustangs...

At Cortez Veterans Park on Friday, about 40 people attended the Juneteenth holiday event that honors the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. The commemoration is widely celebrated...

The Loading Pen Fire near Stoner in the Dolores River Valley held at 35 acres Wednesday, fire officials said. The fire is burning in thick timber on the steep flanks of Haycamp Mesa. As of...

Fifty firefighters with air support are fighting the Loading Pen Fire located 17 miles northeast of Dolores on the San Juan National Forest, and additional crews have been ordered. A local Type 3...

After some deliberation, the city of Cortez has canceled the annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration. City staff and the Cortez City Council agreed to cancel the show as a result of the...

Eli Tomac of Cortez overcame a 12th-place start to finish third Wednesday in the 450cc AMA Supercross race in Salt Lake City. Defending champion Cooper Webb raced to the lead in the first lap and...

The Cortez Recreation Center officially reopened Monday – although with some restrictions. The Rec Center has been closed for a few months because of the coronavirus, but after the Colorado...

A federal judge in Durango has sentenced David Sidney Wells, 44, of Towaoc, to 30 years in federal prison for assaulting his wife on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. Wells was indicted April 5,...