An legacy of debt

Student debt traps parents and kids into a ‘second mortgage’

Panthers heading to Pagosa Springs

Emphasis on offense is key against Pirates

Court briefs

The court rejected a defense argument to disqualify the district attorney from prosecuting a woman charged with vehicular homicide. At…

Suspect in attempted murder is denied child visitation

At a scheduled preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 7, public defender Sara Hildebrand requested that her client, Garrett “Ty” Baxstrom,…

Bridge shelter reopens Monday

Shelter provides lodging, meals

‘Ride for the Bern’

campaigns for Bernie Sanders on horseback

Community calendar

Every Saturday<br><br>The Cortez Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to sellout through October in the courthouse parking…

The Best of Cortez and Montezuma County

Just what is going up in smoke?

2 years into legal pot use, state isn’t testing pesticides

Economy flux after Gold King spill?

will ripple through region, officials say

How does Durango get its water?

$50 million water plant needed to back up current facility

Fracking has a big water footprint, but that’s not the whole story

A new study finds other energy extraction methods have a bigger impact.

Briefs

The Montezuma County Historical Society has hundreds of black-and-white photo negatives donated by the Cortez Journal from the 1950s to…

Officials host NCA forum

of Lower Dolores River hangs in balance

Towaoc blaze displaces 7 families

“There were no injuries,” said Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart. An investigation was continuing, said Heart, who added…

Panthers softball team loses two double-headers

game at Durango on Tuesday

Area runners compete in Mancos meet

Mancos, Dolores and M-CHS teams run in Chicken Creek Challenge

Panthers’ electrifying start fades into homecoming loss

M-CHS defense keeps it close, offense struggles

Fall Junior Golf Clinic

Ages 6-17 $5 each session or $10 for all four sessions Friday, Oct. 9 Tuesday, Oct. 13 Tuesday, Oct. 20…

High school highlights

Football Friday, Oct. 2 M-CHS vs. Gunnison L, 6-28 Dove Creek vs. Hoehne W, 28-24 Mancos vs. Sargent L, 12-68…

Homecoming royalty

Fire starters

Southwest Open School students Isaac Burrell and Nick Martinez try their hands at starting a fire the ancestral Pueblo way…

Cornerstone for high school

Learning to milk

Anthony Abeyta milks a goat as Marcelino Lopez and Kalayo Brown watch during the Agriculture/Southwest Studies class at Cortez Middle…