Fire

USFS, BLM reduce fire restrictions

The Bureau of Land Management has also downgraded its fire restrictions in Montezuma, Dolores and La Plata counties. Fire managers…

July 16, 2013

Papoose smoke hangs over area

The Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center said Thursday morning that the smoke could continue for several days as the fire…

July 4, 2013

Fireworks at Cortez, Groundhog, not Dolores

Groundhog will host its traditional fireworks extravaganza on Saturday. Ralph Dinosaur will perform from 6 to 11 p.m. There will…

July 3, 2013

Crews smother fire at Mesa Verde

Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch reports that firefighters responded to eight new lightning starts on public lands yesterday afternoon following thunderstorms…

July 3, 2013

Wildfire burns at Mesa Verde National Park

A plane dumps a load of slurry on a fire on the north face of the mesa Tuesday afternoon.Sam Green/Cortez…

July 2, 2013

Fireworks postponed

Mancos Fire District Assistant Chief Ed Martinez confirmed Tuesday that the town’s annual Independence Day pyrotechnics spectacular has been called…

July 2, 2013

Federal fire bans upgraded

burning not allowed in lower campsites

July 1, 2013

The show will go on

will have fireworks on July 4

July 1, 2013

Smoke from West Fork fires settles over Montezuma Valley

The sheriff’s office has requested that local smoke only be reported to Cortez Dispatch if an individual sees flames or…

June 28, 2013

Alert officer and on-duty fire crews prevent disaster

started in alley Dumpster

June 27, 2013

Agencies prohibit fires

burn ban still in effect

June 20, 2013

Public lands agencies launch fire ban

burn ban still in effect

June 18, 2013

Roatcap fire case inches toward trial

That’s what Roger “Bucky” Stratton boasted upon exiting the district court house Tuesday afternoon following a 3½ hour motions hearing.…

June 13, 2013

Fire ban is back on

Prohibitionon burning back

June 12, 2013

Fire ban is on now

Prohibition on burning back

June 11, 2013

Family Dollar fire probe continues

Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>Mitzi Pierce sorts out the liquids in the fire-damaged Family Dollar Sto “The investigation is ongoing,” said Cortez…

June 6, 2013

Roatcap fire plea bargain rejected

Roger “Bucky” Stratton, 54, faces a charge of fourth degree arson, a class four felony, for neglecting burning embers on…

June 5, 2013

Fires on Cedar Mesa

Firefighters mop up a one-acre fire on Road 35 in the Cedar Mesa subdivision.Journal Photo/Jim Mimiaga

June 3, 2013

Agency urges campfire safety

Six of those fires were reported over the Memorial Day weekend, including one north of Mancos and one in the…

May 29, 2013

No answers yet on Family Dollar fire

ONLOOKERS GATHER as firefighters mop up after a blaze at the Family Dollar Store in Cortez on May 14. Crews…

May 23, 2013

No plea bargain yet in fire case

Roger “Bucky” Stratton, 54, has been charged with fourth degree arson, a class four felony for neglecting burning embers on…

May 22, 2013

No plea bargain yet in Roatcap Fire case

Roger “Bucky” Stratton, 54, has been charged with fourth degree arson, a class four felony for neglecting burning embers on…

May 20, 2013

All human-caused fires preventable

Consider that about half of the fires in Montezuma County in 2012 were started by people, and the larger fires…

May 15, 2013

Fire guts Family Dollar

The Family Dollar Store received extensive damage inside in a fire Tuesday night.Sam Green/Cortez Journal “It gutted the place. Everything…

May 15, 2013