Cortez

High School Sports

Rodeo team will host event

The rodeo begins on Saturday, Sept. 5 at noon, with Sunday and Mondayâ€™s events starting at 9 a.m. There are…

August 31, 2015

High School Sports

Panthers team troubled by errors

lose first game against Cedaredge

August 31, 2015

High School Sports

Opening week begins for M-CHS harriers

country opens at Lloyd’s Lake

August 31, 2015

High School Sports

Upcoming events

M-CHS Tuesday, Sept. 1 Home vs. Bayfield C-team, (5 p.m.) Junior varsity (5 p.m.) and varsity (6 p.m.) Friday–Saturday, Sept.…

August 31, 2015

High School Sports

Panthers drop opener to Aspen, 29-12

injuries mar first game

August 31, 2015

Local News

Marijuana growing and infusing firms may sprout up in town

The Durango City Council asked city planners to continue to research where these businesses could be located and how they…

August 31, 2015

Local News

Court briefs

In custody on no bond after violating court orders, Christina Hurst, 28, of Cortez, had an arraignment hearing continued until…

August 31, 2015

Community Calendar

Friday-Saturday, Aug. 28-29 Ute Indian Art Show & Sale at the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum, 503 Ouray Drive,…

August 31, 2015

Local News

League gets update on behavioral health

The local League of Women Voters will hear an overview of what is new in Colorado and with federal legislation…

August 31, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Four Corners Community Bank held a groundbreaking Aug. 27 for a branch on the lot of the former Mama’s Boy…

August 31, 2015

Education

Two Re-1 board seats to remain vacant

qualify for November election

August 31, 2015

Local News

Keeping clean

A fawn gets a shower recently in irrigation spray near County Roads M and 25 in CortezSam Green/Cortez Journal

August 31, 2015

Agriculture

Vesicular stomatitis declines, but spreads

Numbers are lower but across wider area

August 31, 2015

Business

‘Stigma’ from Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River could linger

Businesses may be able to recoup losses for mine leak

August 31, 2015

Business

Relief-fund donations are slow

34 people who lost income receive help

August 31, 2015

Business

Purgatory looking up

Replacement of slow lift among $5 million in planned upgrades

August 31, 2015

Business

State a model for stopping gas waste

Taxpayers for Common Sense hopes BLM follows Colorado’s lead

August 31, 2015

Business

Poor-performing gas wells being plugged

lease threatens McPhee Dam, citizen says

August 31, 2015

Local News

Officials discuss tribal community safety concerns

Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates and acting Associate Attorney General Stuart F. Delery respond to a question by Patrick…

August 31, 2015

Local News

Ute tribe considers renewables

explores shift from oil, gas

August 31, 2015

Local News

Cortez code-enforcement actions rise 513%

Citations rise as city ramps up enforcement

August 31, 2015

High School Sports

Who’s in, who’s out on M-CHS coaching staff?

Assistant coaches take the field; head coach Wagner absent

August 31, 2015

Local News

Cortez, Dolores, Mancos papers will combine into The Journal

Our local journalists and advertising representatives want to improve your Journal experience by helping you and your friends and family…

August 28, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Obama’s misjudgment helping reheat Cold War

The reaction? The State Department issued a statement. The NATO secretary-general issued a tweet. Neither did anything. The European Union…

August 27, 2015