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When workers and students in rural Southwest Colorado were sent home during last spring's pandemic shutdown, the lack of broadband access hit home hard. And it may have prompted the City of Cortez and Montezuma County to jointly fund a $600,000 project to extend fiber optic cable south of town.

Cutting back on what you eat and getting more exercise to lose weight doesn't necessarily work. Dr. Ashley Lucas, founder of PHD Weight Loss and Nutrition, explains that losing weight is a far more complex nutritionally than the simple bromide suggests.

When your focus and eyesight deteriorate suddenly, it may be because you've developed cataracts. That means you need to have the lenses inside your eye replaced. But not to worry. With laser surgery and other technologies, replacement is a breeze, and your sight will improve immediately.

If an old wagon road, mule-train route, or trail existed before the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management were established, does that make them public rights-of-way open to travel now although they're on federal land? That depends.

Tickets are now on sale for the Southwestern Cowbelles annual quilt raffle. Although the quilt is 'brand' new, the brands sewn into the fabric represent generations of cattle-ranching history in the region.

A Mancos man says that energy therapy and massage are as good for your dogs as they are for humans, and his 21-year-old dog is his best case study.

A box filled with large-format film and glass-plate negatives shot by an unknown photographer reveal what life was like in the Four Corners a hundred years ago.

Two Cortez Central Dispatch operators recently received commendations for helping their callers administer CPR to unresponsive victims, and their calm instructions helped to save lives. Sponsored by Big-O Tires of Cortez.

A new pilot fills the seat as director of the City of Cortez Municipal Airport, and he says the airport can play an important role in the economic development and growth of Montezuma County.

The Southwest Colorado District Collaborative, Fort Lewis College and Pueblo Community College have received a $3.6 million grant to share teachers, equipment and other resources across school district boundaries to provide clearer, more defined pathways to jobs and professions after graduation from high school or college.