Montezuma County News

The city of Durango broke ground Monday morning on a regional transit center that officials expect within two years may move 500,000 passengers annually.

Authorities say counterfeit $20 and $50 bills have been showing up in southwestern Colorado this summer.

Dozens of search-and-rescue workers from across the Four Corners planned to work through the night Sunday evening searching for a 69-year-old-man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and was lost somewhere in ...

Early voting started Saturday in a handful of Colorado counties. Arapahoe, Boulder, El Paso and Montezuma counties opened polling places.

Update - 1816 5 August - From the Washington Post: Brian Grubbs' wife purchased the peppers at a Wal-Mart store in Cortez, Colo., on June 26, according to the lawsuit.

The first lawsuit stemming from the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 1,319 people, hospitalized 255 and caused the death of two in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Canada was filed today in the ...

We're hearing from the two candidates in the race to represent one of the biggest district's in Colorado.

By Tillie Fong , Rocky Mountain News Tuesday, July 29, 2008 A jalapeno pepper submitted by an ill person in Montezuma County in southwest Colorado tested positive for salmonella, health officials said Monday, ...

The State Health Department says a jalapeno pepper purchased in Montezuma county has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella.

The State Health Department says a jalapeno pepper purchased in Montezuma county has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella.

The State Health Department says a jalapeno pepper purchased in Montezuma county has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella.

The state health department says a jalapeno pepper purchased in Montezuma County has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella.

A jalapeno pepper that made a Montezuma County resident ill has been connected with the salmonella outbreak across the country that's affected thousands, Colorado health officials said today.

A jalapeno pepper that made a Montezuma County resident ill has been connected with the salmonella outbreak across the country that's affected thousands, Colorado health officials said today.

A jalapeno pepper that made a Montezuma County resident ill has been connected with the salmonella outbreak across the country that's affected thousands, Colorado health officials said today.

District Attorney Craig Westberg, who is accused of driving under the influence and careless driving, wants the charges tossed out, saying the court violated his right to a speedy trial.

La Plata County commissioners will be paying visits to their fellow elected officials in the region during the next couple of weeks to seek their support for a federal courthouse in Durango.

' A June 20 search of three Telluride region residences has led to the arrest of three men on Class IV felony charges of possession and distribution of a controlled substance in violation of Colorado statutes.

Rolling fields of purple wildflowers stretch away into the distance, backdropped by white mountain peaks.

An old barn and a vacant house burned to the ground Tuesday southeast of Elmore's Corner.