The agreement allows county personnel to send public alerts on Monticello's behalf during fires and other emergencies.

Who left those big footprints...and those bones...and where are they now?

Working-class neighborhoods once lined the Animas River in Durango. The area was an industrial hub, including uranium milling. One family shares how its story connects to Durango's toxic industrial legacy.

The Montezuma County commissioners are rescinding the fire ban. In other news, Montezuma County officials continue to work on revisions to the land use code.

September’s bountiful rainfall has moved Cortez out of the category of extreme drought into severe drought. In other news, a hearing on a petition to seal records in the case of a local woman accused of killing her child has been set for Oct. 15 in District Court in Montezuma County.

Voters in Mancos, Cortez and Montezuma County will decide separate tax proposals in November. Meanwhile, an already-approved Cortez sales-tax holiday will begin as people receive their ballots in the mail.

As some local leaders warn about a looming threat to Cortez’s Southwest Memorial Hospital, the two candidates for Montezuma County commissioner have differing views on the bill causing the threat.

A new volunteer-run program is offering free trees to residents and businesses in Cortez.

Health care in southwest Colorado is in danger because of the coming impacts of H.R. 1. That was the message given by State Rep. Katie Stewart, Southwest Health System CEO Joe Theine, and others during a virtual press conference Tuesday morning.

September is delivering some welcome moisture, but the Montezuma County commissioners have decided to keep the burn ban in place for a little longer.