Cortez

Rico is blessed with geothermal resources, but tapping into the underground hot water resource for commercial purposes within town is easier said than done, and costly. The Colorado School of Mines...

Travelers on U.S. Highway 160 south of Cortez will be guided by new lights near the Ute Mountain Ute reservation. “More than 200 solar LED lights were installed and embedded into the pavement of...

A Towaoc woman has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and has been released on a $100,000 bond to a halfway house in Durango while her case moves forward, according to federal...

Monteuma-Cortez High School cut its boys tennis program, athletic director Chris Kelley confirmed this week. However, its players will have the opportunity to join the Durango High School team for...

Cortez City Council members on Tuesday delayed a decision about allowing marijuana grow operations in the Cortez Industrial Park, saying that they needed more information. Mark Rodgers, who owns...

MESA VERDE – The National Park Service has marked its first 100 years of service, but for Mesa Verde Superintendent Cliff Spencer, the work is far from over. At a ceremony celebrating the Park...

Members of the health advocacy group Healthier Colorado walked from Cortez to Durango last week to show how far some residents in Southwest Colorado must travel for behavioral and mental health...

Mesa Verde National Park managers are proposing an entrance fee increase in 2017. Under the proposal, entrance fees would rise from $15 to $20 per vehicle during the summer season, from May to...

A recent poll commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts has found that 55 percent of Utah residents support the idea of a Bears Ears National Monument. Forty-one percent oppose the idea....

Cortez faces a showdown with Aspen in Elevation Outdoors Magazine’s Top Colorado Adventure Town 2016 contest. The magazine is a guide to outdoor sports, health, fitness and adventure in Colorado...