Latest Route 49 Colorado News Reports
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Cortez police officer killed; 1 suspect dead, another arrested
- Colorado
- Cortez
- US 491
- source: Bing
- 118 views
- Nov 28, 2023 4:00pm
DENVER (KDVR) - A Cortez Police Department officer ... but were quickly located in the 7500 block of U.S. Highway 160 and U.S. Highway 491. Additional shots were exchanged between the suspects ... Read More
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Showers provide snow in higher elevations of Southwest Colorado
- Colorado
- Cortez
- US 491
- source: Bing
- 170 views
- Nov 20, 2023 06:00am
There were two traffic accidents that occurred Sunday on U.S. Highway 160 East heading over wolf creek pass and another one on U.S. Highway 491 between Cortez and Dove Creek. The Colorado ... Read More
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Health disparities drive Ute Mountain Ute plan for new grocery store, workforce center
- Colorado
- Towaoc
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- May 31, 2022 2:07pm
Towaoc, Colorado, located beneath Sleeping Ute Mountain off of highway 491 in Southwest Colorado is home to approximately 340 families and is the capital of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Tribal members ... Read More
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Crash on U.S. Highway 491 north of Cortez injures driver
- Colorado
- Cortez
- US 491
- source: Bing
- 1 view
- Jun 24, 2021 00:17am
The driver a pickup truck hauling a trailer was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when the pickup crashed into the back of a semitrailer on U.S. Highway 491, according to the Colorado State Patrol ... Read More
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Cortez man dies in suspected DWI crash on U.S. Highway 491 near Shiprock
- Colorado
- Cortez
- US 491
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Dec 26, 2025 05:05am
An Arizona man was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal drunken-driving crash that killed a Cortez man on U.S. Highway 491 outside Shiprock. Casey Wade Russell, 49, of Gilbert, Arizona, was ... Read More
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Area near Highway 491 and County Roads 12-16 moved to SET status as Ferris Fire evacuation notices expand
- Colorado
- Cortez
- US 491
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jun 30, 2026 4:06pm
The Ferris Fire northwest of Dolores has topped 21,000 acres as evacuations continue. In southeastern Utah, the Babylon Fire has destroyed four structures and prompted a closure of the Monticello ... Read More