Mancos

Aspens across the San Juans are starting to turn, with peak fall color expected from late September into early October. Early changes are showing near Silverton, Red Mountain Pass, and Telluride, while Dolores, Rico, and La Plata Canyon remain mostly green.

Voters in Montezuma County will have several local questions to answer in November’s election, depending on where they live.

Check out local happenings this weekend in the Four Corners! From documentaries and live music to potlucks and community gatherings, there's something for everyone.

Today’s news includes widespread precipitation, the recovery of a missing girl in Arizona, Colorado immigration bill progress, Arizona vetoes, support for public media funding, and local infrastructure updates.

Catch local band Horizon at Mancos Brewing this Friday, followed by a screening of Secret Mall Apartment. Enjoy a weekend of art, music, and community events in Cortez and Mancos. More at KSJD.org.

Governor Polis signs a bill to protect educators from pressure to remove books from school libraries, while Cortez renews its Urban Forestry program. Other updates include health-related resignations in Arizona, a proposed tobacco tax delay in the Navajo Nation, and wildfire mitigation efforts across the West.

Governor Polis signs the budget with temporary fixes, local events for National Hospital Week and Mancos construction, plus efforts against invasive species and Utah's collective bargaining referendum.

Some 45 people turned out at Thursday night’s meeting of the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission to voice opposition to a proposed “glamping” development near Mancos. At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour hearing on the proposal, the commission voted 3 to 2 to recommend denial.

The man accused of killing a 7-year-old Towaoc boy in December has been indicted by a federal grand jury. And the group that claims it owns 1,460 acres of national-forest land near Mancos has filed a response to a lawsuit filed against its members by the U.S. government.

A chunk of a controversial barbed-wire fence around some 1,400 acres on the San Juan National Forest north of Mancos was taken down Thursday afternoon.