Briefs

Mesa Verde offers free hike to ID tracks and signs

Park staff will lead a guided hike about learning how to identify animal tracks and signs in the winter at…

February 2, 2018

Region 9 announces new board members

The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado announces that Shawn Gregory, Colleen O’Brien, Eric Thayer, Kari Distefano and…

February 2, 2018

Agriculture

AgrAbility workshop in Mancos to address problems of aging

National project to hold event at SCCC

February 2, 2018

Education

Civil engineering firm offers scholarships

SGM awards up to five $1,000 scholarships each year to help aspiring civil engineers and surveyors with their studies. The…

February 2, 2018

Outdoors

Cottage food, egg producers invited to class

Associated Press file The La Plata County Extension Office and Colorado Department of Health and Environment for Food Safety have…

February 2, 2018

Local News

Southwest Woodworkers Guild celebrates 20 years

A maple and cherry dovetail photograph box.Larry Wilderson/Courtesy photo “Don’t let the name fool you,” said Wilderson. “The word ‘guild’…

January 31, 2018

Local News

Ex-New Mexico jail guard gets prison term for raping inmates

A judge gave 33-year-old Enock Arvizo the maximum sentence Tuesday and ordered him to register as a sex offender. Last…

January 30, 2018

Education

Enrollment open for graduate school of social work

The program is a two-year and advanced-standing MSW degree taught at Southwest Colorado Community College. An information session will be…

January 29, 2018

Outdoors

Teleconference to be held for hunters, anglers

The meeting is part of the statewide CPW “Sportsmen’s Roundtable” process to assure that hunters, anglers and those who care…

January 28, 2018

Outdoors

Cortez Methodist Church to host archaeology talk

Dove will discuss the San Juan Red Ware pottery economy and ways that pots have moved around the landscape, with…

January 27, 2018

Outdoors

Archaeology lecture set for Feb. 7 at Fort Lewis College

The presentation will highlight well-known, extensively-researched mound sites in the Lower Mississippi Valley states, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The…

January 26, 2018

Business

Directory Plus searching for anniversary photo

Submissions are limited to three photos per person. To submit a photo, email Christy Pollard at [email protected] by Feb. 12.…

January 26, 2018

Local News

Man dies in single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 550

Vehicle drifts off left side of road, collides with tree

January 23, 2018

Agriculture

Animas Valley Grange to present beekeeping talk

Sam Green/Cortez Journal Sebestyen is the apiarist for Twin Buttes and has 12 years of beekeeping experience. She will bring…

January 22, 2018

Local News

Mancos Native American art gallery to hold free talk

Kilgore The Mancos Public Library will kick off a series of free community events with a talk called “New Discoveries…

January 19, 2018

Local News

Mancos Melt and other events to heat up town in spring

Creative District announces Burning Man theme

January 18, 2018

Local News

New Mexico man in front-end loader chase shot by deputies

State police said in a statement that the confrontation happened in the small city of Portales near Texas. The statement…

January 17, 2018

State Nation World

Family searches for answers after horse found dismembered

The Pueblo Chieftain reports the family found the 22-year-old animal Friday morning essentially in pieces, with all the meat carefully…

January 15, 2018

Local News

Cortez crews repairing water pipe on Main Street

Maintenance crews with the city of Cortez are conducting emergency repairs on a broken water pipe at the intersection of…

January 15, 2018

Local News

Woman’s body found Saturday morning along Florida Road

say no foul play is suspected

January 14, 2018

Local News

Man suspected of making threats to Durango police identified

closed parts of College Drive and Camino del Rio during search

January 14, 2018

Living

Mercy receives five-star Medicare rating

Durango Herald file Mercy is one of seven hospitals in Colorado and the only hospital in the Four Corners to…

January 12, 2018

Local News

Know Your Dough seeking volunteers

Know Your Dough, a nonprofit that provides personal financial wellness programs to local youth and young adults, is recruiting volunteers…

January 12, 2018

Local News

Apply for the 2018 Uplift organizing team

Uplift, a youth-led movement for climate justice in the Colorado Plateau, is looking for a diverse group of young leaders…

January 12, 2018