The Cortez City Council on Tuesday adopted a proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month despite one council member’s ten-minute-long speech against the measure. Also on Tuesday, Cortez city manager Drew Sanders told the council about an award the city recently received from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
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As outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing. -
The Montezuma County commissioners have reinstated a fire ban in the unincorporated areas of the county. Also on Tuesday, they approved a contract for up to $15,000 with USDA Wildlife Services. -
Showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Four Corners today, with gusty winds, small hail and isolated heavy rain possible before hotter, drier weather returns later this week. -
Rising fertilizer costs, global supply concerns and a new farmer survey are raising questions about the outlook for agriculture and rural communities this year. -
Was it the days of unending rain? Was it too much whiskey? Was it all made up? -
The Dolores Watersheds Collaborative is developing a Wildfire Ready Action Plan to identify post-fire flooding, erosion and sedimentation risks in the upper Dolores River watershed. -
Attorneys representing the Montezuma County board of commissioners and a corporation seeking to build a Dollar General store here made their cases in District Court on Thursday.
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The Democrats have barred Polis from speaking at Democratic party events. -
The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Board during its regular meeting Tuesday wrestled with the question of whether to allow student clubs to meet at lunchtime.
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Over 7,000 animals were killed in wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads in 2025. Local nonprofit Roaring Fork Safe Passages has worked since 2022 to make Highway 82 safer. This story is part of our "On the Ground" radio series that highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations.
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