A little more than an inch of precipitation fell on Cortez in February. And about three dozen people convened in Cortez’s Veterans Park on Sunday for what was called an Angry Knit-In.

Cortez city council candidate Travis Shepherd says improving transparency and addressing affordable housing will be priorities if elected.

Representatives of indigenous tribes and conservation groups are voicing concern about an effort to eliminate the resource management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

A lawsuit over whether a Dollar General store should be built just off of Highway 145 is moving forward.

The Montezuma County commissioners have changed the way in which a proposed sales tax would be divided between the sheriff’s office and the Road and Bridge Department.

A lawsuit filed by Maria’s Bookshop against the city of Durango and a police detective over a demand for records of a customer’s book purchases is now essentially defunct.

Over-collected revenues from a sales tax for the Cortez Recreation Center cannot legally be used to fund parks in the city of Cortez. Officials explained that several times during Tuesday’s meeting of the city council.

City officials plan public "Ballot Question Breakdown" sessions to help voters understand four City Charter amendments on the April 7 ballot. Ballots will be mailed March 16 for the election, which also includes five City Council seats.

Critics of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument may employ a rarely used law to dramatically change how the monument is managed.

In a move that signals a change in direction, the Montezuma-Cortez School District has put out a request for proposals for new legal counsel.