Gail Binkly

The father of a child whose mother was charged with her murder gave an emotional statement Thursday morning in District Court in Montezuma County.

Native Americans face obstacles to voting at every step of the electoral process. That was the focus of a recent report as well as a Sept. 30 webinar on voting access in Indian Country.

A live adult zebra mussel has been collected from the Colorado River below Utah’s Westwater Recreation Area near the Colorado border. And September's precipitation continues to make headlines.

A district judge has ruled in favor of Montezuma County in an argument involving where a pile of wood chips is located.

The use of generative AI in high school is harmful to both students and staff. That was the message of a presentation given by two Montezuma-Cortez High School students at the Re-1 school board’s workshop Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.