Montezuma County Commission

Fire restrictions are being implemented throughout the local area as residents hope for monsoon rains to arrive soon. On Tuesday, the Montezuma County commissioners reinstated a fire ban across all unincorporated areas of the county, starting Wednesday at 6 a.m.

A controversial proposal to place a Dollar General store between Cortez and Dolores got a second chance before the Montezuma County commissioners Tuesday.

The Cortez Farmers Market will be in a new location when it opens this season.

The Montezuma County commissioners want to hear from the public about the idea of placing a temporary moratorium on major solar-energy developments in the county.

Montezuma County attorney Ian MacLaren is leaving that position to become the Montezuma County Court judge.

Montezuma County voters were generous to the Cortez Fire Protection District and two school districts on Election Day. However, they were stingy with the sheriff’s office.

The Montezuma County commissioners and Sheriff Steve Nowlin clashed over the sheriff’s budget at a special meeting Thursday.

The biggest housing challenge in Montezuma County is not that there are too few houses but that many available homes are fairly old.

Montezuma County and the commissioners are being sued over the denial of a high-impact permit for a Dollar General store to be built at Highway 145 and Road N.

Plans appear to be in the works to create a short trail from a parking lot at Sand Canyon west of Cortez to a historic house nearby.