The Journal

Pinnacol Assurance issues $291K in general dividends to Montezuma County employers

Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurer, is distributing $291K in workers’ compensation dividend checks this month to 394 Montezuma…

March 29, 2018

Adams State offers master’s degree in public administration

Adams State University will begin offering a Master of Arts degree in Humanities with an emphasis in public administration during…

March 29, 2018

House ransacked after being mistaken for site of estate sale

The Daily Camera reports Mary Andrews says she left her Longmont home unlocked and came back Friday morning to find…

March 27, 2018

Senate OKs bill to expand child alert system to tribal land

The bill is named for Ashlynne Mike, an 11-year-old girl who was lured into a van on the Navajo Nation…

March 26, 2018

Police: Woman tortured with wrench, blowtorch

A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court says 30-year-old Jessica Villarreal bragged in jail phone calls about killing the woman,…

March 26, 2018

4CORE receives solar energy award

The award recognizes 4COREâ€™s solar and new battery storage installation project for Socorro Senior Living in Pagosa Springs, which provides…

March 23, 2018

Lecture tells story of displaced residents of Wupatki monument

As a part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Kathryn…

March 22, 2018

Montezuma County Health Board meeting set for April 2

The first Montezuma County Board of Health meeting will be Monday, April 2, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the…

March 22, 2018

Education

Deadline for Dean Hanson scholarship is April 15

Applications are now being accepted for the Four Corners Board of Realtors Dean Hanson Memorial Scholarship. “This scholarship can be…

March 20, 2018

Food-safety class to be held April 11

The La Plata County Extension Office and Colorado Department of Health and Environment for Food Safety have partnered to hold…

March 20, 2018

Gravel portion of Dolores-Norwood Road will be resurfaced

should last a week, Forest Service says

March 19, 2018

Life-long Learning and Duane Smith present story of Bears Ears

The Life-long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College is teaming up with the Duane Smith Lecture in Southwest Studies…

March 19, 2018

Fort Lewis College to host Bears Ears lecture

Valley of the Gods is located at the southern end of the Bears Ears National Monument.Courtesy of the Bureau of…

March 19, 2018

Water Seminar set for April 6

Natural resource specialist Melissa May takes samples of water from the Animas River north of the New Mexico State line.Durango…

March 18, 2018

Land Link to offer workshops in Durango, Cortez

6 p.m. Tuesday at Empire Electric Association, 801 North Broadway in Cortez. 10 a.m. Wednesday at La Plata County Fairgrounds,…

March 17, 2018

Tax information released for seniors, disabled veterans

Those who qualify may be able to receive an exemption of 50 percent of the first $200,000 of their primary…

Application session for seedlings still open

Conservation seedlings are grown at the Colorado State Forest Service nursery in Fort Collins.Courtesy of Colorado State Forest Service The…

Sports

CPW launches hunting license purchase system

Hunters planning to apply for limited licenses should be familiar with the new system before the April 3 draw deadline.…

Education

Master of Social Work application deadline set

The two-year program is offered at reduced tuition with classes Fridays and Saturdays. Students with liberal arts degrees are eligible…

Community

Volunteer coordinator sought for AARP driving program

Volunteers teach four-hour safe-driver courses for seniors to give updates on driving regulations, safe-driving strategies and the effects of aging…

Community Calendar

Cortez EVERY WEDNESDAY, Through March 21 Lenten services, each Wednesday through March 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 206 N. Dolores…

Cortez Farmers Market’s annual meeting set for April 14

Mitchell Periman/Facebook<br><br>The Cortez Farmers Market’s annual meeting set for April 14.du1-i-syn The Cortez Farmers Market’s annual meeting is scheduled for…

MORP offers grafting workshops in Dolores, Hesperus

The Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project plans workshops on how to graft and prune fruit trees in Dolores and Hesperus, according…