A Cortez man charged with murder in the brutal death of a 40-year-old man in Veterans Park last summer may face a second murder charge. And a hearing on the lawsuit between Leaf Properties and the Montezuma County commissioners has been set for May 21 at 2 p.m. in District Court.

Montezuma County officials are hosting a community meeting in Cortez to help residents prepare for wildfire season, covering fire risk, burn restrictions, and home safety tips.

Compañeros, an immigrant advocacy group in Durango, says it has received multiple reports of increased immigration enforcement across La Plata County.

A new NOAA index is helping scientists better track El Niño and La Niña patterns, improving drought forecasting and water outlooks across the Western U.S.

If it passes, voters would see the question on the November ballot.

Lake Superior, it is said, never gives up her Dead..." wrote the late Canadian Songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

A historically dry and warm winter across Colorado is raising concerns about irrigation water supplies heading into the 2026 growing season, with reduced allocations expected for local farmers.

Rain Enhancement Technologies, a private company, is testing a different approach to cloud seeding at a couple of project sites in the Rocky Mountains. The method is known as ionization cloud seeding and doesn't use silver iodide.

Ballots are being mailed for the April 7 Cortez municipal election. Voters will choose city council members and decide four charter amendment questions.

Utah lawmakers are advancing a plan to expand mining and processing of critical minerals used in technologies like semiconductors and energy systems. The strategy includes a proposed national research center and comes as operations continue at the White Mesa Mill, a site that has also drawn environmental protests.