Cortez

High School Sports

M-CHS grapplers begin year on high note

Buffington, Broughton, and Root score pin victories in dual versus San Juan

January 4, 2018

Local News

Update: Victim in Haycamp slaying is identified

identified as Southern Ute resident of Ignacio

January 4, 2018

Local News

Deputies called to Mancos family dispute

reports domestic violence; accounts vary

January 3, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

New technology aims to slow damage to O’Keeffe works

Scientific experts in art conservation from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Chicago area announced plans recently to develop advanced…

January 3, 2018

Local News

Charges filed against driver suspected in Montezuma County DUI crash

suffered spinal injury in Christmas Eve crash

January 3, 2018

Local News

Native Americans face harsh reality of sexual violence

Sells The Policy Insights Brief of the National Congress of American Indians reveals the extraordinarily high rate of victimization of…

January 3, 2018

Local News

Mesa Verde plans prescribed fire

The one-acre fire will take place in the Chapin Mesa area between Jan. 8 and 31 and will dispose of…

January 3, 2018

Local News

VA document says Colorado gunman had fled mental ward

The document was provided by a congressional aide on condition of anonymity because the aide was not authorized to release…

January 3, 2018

Local News

Mother killed in ATV crash south of Durango identified

Arizona woman was visiting relatives

January 2, 2018

Local News

Cortez, Durango consider impacts of higher minimum wage

chamber worries about job creation in rural Colorado

January 2, 2018

Looking back

Life in Big Bend and the young Cortez in 1885

The J. W. Hanna place at 24 South Beech St. in Cortez. The building, built before 1900, was adjacent to…

January 2, 2018

Local News

Mancos Public Library will host a free government course

Four-part series begins Wednesday

January 2, 2018

Local News

Most big public colleges don’t track suicides, AP finds

Students arriving on campus less prepared for the rigors of college

January 2, 2018

Local News

Utah’s Hatch to retire, opening door to Romney

played a role in scaling back national monuments

January 2, 2018

Local News

Montezuma County Christmas party ends in scuffle

injured when fight erupts during cornhole game

January 2, 2018

For the record

Sheriff Blotter

9:34 a.m.: A man was arrested on a warrant at Montezuma County Combined Courts, 865 N. Park St. Saturday, Dec.…

January 2, 2018

Local News

Investigators seek cause of deadly bus crash in Utah desert

girl from California died in crash; 12 injured

January 2, 2018

Local News

Gunman made videos calling 911, confronting deputies

Colorado authorities were warned of gunman’s mental state

January 2, 2018

Local News

Winter Tales and Foreign Film Nights return to Dolores Public Library

The Dolores Public Library.The Journal file The semimonthly presentations are scheduled for twice a month, Jan. 11 through March 22,…

January 1, 2018

Local News

Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families find a home

Chapter renovated four homes, is building a new one

January 1, 2018

Local News

Cortez Western writer bringing back dime novel

Bertrand’s ranching trilogy wins another award

January 1, 2018

Local News

Road Runner bus line to join state network

Bustang statewide network coming to Cortez, Dolores, Mancos

January 1, 2018

State Nation World

Trump administration rescinding rules for oil, gas drilling

Ed Andrieski/Associated Press file The rules developed under President Barack Obama would have applied mainly in the West, where most…

January 1, 2018

Local News

Efforts grow to help students evaluate online information

year’s election helps drive push for online literacy

December 31, 2017