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A lawsuit filed by Maria’s Bookshop against the city of Durango and a police detective over a demand for records of a customer’s book purchases is now essentially defunct.

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a chair in the high-school cafeteria to honor a young boy who was shot and killed in December of 2024.

Cases against two Cortez residents charged with beating one man to death and assaulting two other men in Veterans Park last year are moving toward trial.

Concerns about violence have prompted the Ute Mountain Ute tribal council to implement a nighttime curfew on the reservation.

Shelters are full, violence is intensifying, and advocates warn Colorado can't keep up as calls for help surge statewide.

Federal officials have requested Tina Peters be moved from a Colorado state prison to a federal facility as she appeals her conviction, citing safety concerns.

A local woman has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her five-year-old daughter in 2022.

Students, families, and first responders mourn together.

Two Cortez residents accused of beating a man to death and seriously injuring two other men in Veterans Park the evening of Aug. 20 appeared in District Court Friday.

Two Cortez residents are being held in connection with a violent homicide and two assaults that took place in the city’s Veterans Park on Wednesday evening.