City of Cortez

As the Cortez City Council prepares to ask voters for an increase in the lodgers’ tax, one member wants to use some of the resulting revenues for water infrastructure.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the City of Cortez over a road closure.

The monsoon season is off to a promising but intense start in Montezuma County.

As wildfires rage across the West, many municipalities are cancelling their fireworks displays, while others are not.

How dry is it in the Four Corners? Statistics give the answer.

Runners from more than a half-dozen countries carrying a torch and a message of peace stopped in Cortez on Wednesday.

KSJD speaks with veteran local reporter Gail Binkley about turnout, council turnover, campaign controversies, and what happens next.

Unofficial results from the Cortez municipal election show five candidates elected to City Council, with voters approving three of four charter questions.

Approximately 750 people gathered in Cortez’s Veterans Park on Saturday for the third No Kings rally against the policies of the Trump administration.

Cortez voters are being asked to decide four ballot questions in addition to choosing candidates for five open seats in the April 7 municipal election. City manager Drew Sanders explained the questions at a forum Thursday before a handful of people.