Cahone, CO

Low snowpack and soaring temperatures made 2020 the third-driest year on record in Colorado. When similar conditions repeated in 2021, tribal farmers in southwest Colorado had to scramble, fallowing thousands of acres of land and laying off workers at the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s farm and ranch outside of Cortez.

Ronald Gary Gellatly of Cortez, Colorado passed away on May 20, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a short illness. He was born January 3, 1935 in Hotchkiss to Harold and Florence Gellatly. He attended school in Hotchkiss, graduating in 1953. He was in the US...

The country’s only archeological and cultural byway, will return to its roots with the announcement that Mesa Verde Country will take over management and marketing for Trail of the Ancient’s Route in Southwest Colorado. And expect some changes that will add more points of interest along the way to encourage visitors to stay in the area another day or two. You’re watching the Local News Network brought to you by Stone Age Tools, and the Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado. I’m Wendy Graham Settle.

On the morning of Saturday, May 21, a car crash near Hesperus took the life of Judy Rohwer and seriously injured her two daughters, Angela and Heidi. The family is well-known to many in the Four Corners as the proprietors of Rohwer’s Farm, located in Pleasant View. They’ve been...