Cortez

Celebrate 10 years of Sunflower Theater with a two-night Gala on April 18-19, featuring comedy, music, poetry, and more, plus a tribute to key community members. LP McKay and the Theatre's Sarah Syverson discuss.

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

Cortez’s monsoon season ended, as the saying goes, not with a bang but a whimper. Cortez Animal Shelter kennel supervisor Jennifer Crouse says the shelter has been inundated with cats.

The Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday gave a unanimous thumbs-up to a proposal for a log-home-manufacturing operation near the west entrance to the Carpenter Natural Area off Lebanon Road.

Vandalism, drug use, and other undesirable activities at the public restroom in Cortez’s Veterans Park have led the city to close the aging facility. It will likely remain that way and eventually be torn down.

Two people died outside in the elements in Cortez this winter, but neither was actually homeless. That’s according to Montezuma County Coroner George Deavers.

A new seed store and bakery is opening its doors in Cortez for the first time on Saturday. Pueblo Seed & Food Company sells seeds that originated in and are adapted to the desert Southwest, as well as curated seeds from different arid regions all over the world. The company’s farm is located in McElmo Canyon on land protected by a Montezuma Land Conservancy easement, and grows crops like heritage wheat, rye and barley. Nanna Meyer, a baker and co-owner of Pueblo Seed & Food Company, says that she hopes the store will help provide a return to food culture for the residents of Montezuma County after years of isolation during the pandemic. And a new Colorado gun-control law that’s on hold due to a court challenge won’t be going into effect anytime soon.

Dozens of abortion rights supporters gathered in Cortez over the weekend. And the Ute Pass Fire broke out late Friday afternoon a few miles northeast of Durango, but is at least 80% contained.

Colorado lawmakers are debating a bill that would maintain the state’s unrestricted access to abortions. And Montezuma County posted some clarifying information about the site of the old M&M building on South Broadway in Cortez.