Montezuma County Commissioners

The Montezuma County commissioners have scheduled a second public hearing June 24 on a proposal to place a Dollar General store at Highway 145 and County Road N.

The Montezuma County commissioners are considering implementing a permit system for short-term rentals.

A legal battle between the Montezuma County commissioners and the Georgia-based corporation Leaf Properties is not over.

A recurring theme popped up at Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma County commissioners – money.

Of the five counties in Region 9, Montezuma County is the least expensive for a family of four to live in.

Following a lengthy executive session with their attorney, the Montezuma County commissioners on Tuesday delayed the continuation of two public hearings on applications for after-the-fact variances. And it’s warm and dry in the Four Corners, and those conditions are likely to continue for some time.

Proposed after-the-fact land-use variances prompted concern among the Montezuma County commissioners at their meeting Tuesday.

Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez has earned high ratings from its patients.

The Montezuma County commissioners on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of censuring Sheriff Steve Nowlin for what they called “financial mismanagement.”

The number of inmates in the Montezuma County Detention Center is likely to be increasing.