The Washington Post is reporting that officials with the Interior Department are considering shrinking at least six national monuments in the West. According to the Post, the monuments that may see their acreage reduced dramatically include Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in southern Utah.

The Montezuma County commissioners are considering implementing a permit system for short-term rentals.

On Tuesday, the Montezuma-Cortez District Re-1 School Board is set to take up the issue of how to handle allegations made against its personnel.

A legal battle between the Montezuma County commissioners and the Georgia-based corporation Leaf Properties is not over.

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin recognized ten employees of the sheriff’s office Monday night at the department’s second annual awards ceremony.

Measles is now on Colorado’s Western Slope. The state Department of Public Health and Environment says an adult resident of Archuleta County who has not traveled out of the country recently has contracted the disease.

More than 600 people concerned about actions taken by the Trump administration walked along Cortez’s Main Street Saturday morning as part of a “Hands Off!” march.

Dry times are here. The local area is in moderate drought and that is expected to continue for at least the next month

The Independent Log Company got the go-ahead Tuesday night for its proposed wood-processing operation near the Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez.

A recurring theme popped up at Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma County commissioners – money.