traffic fatalities

Just 1 percent of all the traffic crashes that happened in Cortez during the five-year period from 2018 through 2022 involved fatalities.

By a margin of just three votes, former Montezuma County Commissioner Larry Don Suckla has officially won the Republican primary for state House District 58. And the City of Cortez and Cortez Police Department have launched a project to improve safety for all forms of transportation in the city.

Colorado Secretary of state Jena Griswold is suing to stop Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from overseeing this year’s election. And the state of Colorado saw more deaths on the road last year than it’s seen in almost two decades.