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Cortez businesses flagged over wheelchair access

Low-vision specialist Angela Kyle, from the Southwest Center For Independence, spray-paints a message outside the Farm Bistro in Cortez on…

July 27, 2016

KSUT returns to airwaves in Montezuma County

KSUT’s Four Corners Public Radio service was restored Tuesday afternoon after the station had a brief hiatus from the airwaves,…

July 27, 2016

WildEdge brewery moves a step closer to Cortez

WildEdge Brewing Collective is being slated for the building at 111 N. Market St. It would be the third craft…

July 27, 2016

Cortez council extends pot shop hours to 9 p.m.

Later hours geared toward tourism business

July 27, 2016

With monsoon season’s return, mosquito populations on the rise

District says insect numbers are highest in five years

July 27, 2016

Plane with nose-gear problems lands safely at Durango-La Plata County Airport

56 people on United Airlines flight from Denver

July 27, 2016

Colorado backs Sanders, but with sense of party loyalty

Delegates appear ready to follow Sanders’ show of unity and support victorious Clinton

July 27, 2016

Solar car to cruise Durango streets for a couple of weeks

Duo drove about 216 miles between Texas and Minnesota

July 27, 2016

Durango woman rescued by helicopter from Engineer Mountain

Altitude sickness hit on hike with church friends

July 26, 2016

Signatures submitted to raise minimum wage in Colorado

200,000 signatures delivered to raise pay to $12 by 2020

July 26, 2016

Wildlife officials to poison invasive fish in East Fork of Hermosa Creek

Removal of brook trout part of effort to restore native cutthroats

July 26, 2016

Sanders supporters’ protests overshadow Democratic National Convention

Gathering kicks off with unrest despite pleas for unity

July 26, 2016

Susie’s Gifts closes after 23 years

Store was a local favorite

July 25, 2016

Baxstrom found not guilty in attempted-murder case

Baxstrom, 39, was accused in Montezuma District Court of shooting Kristi Roundtree, his then-common law wife, with a shotgun after…

July 25, 2016

Recycling is growing, but so are SW Colorado landfills

Southwest Coloradans produce 5.9 pounds of trash each per day

July 25, 2016

Animas High students’ sun-powered contraption qualifies for Solar Car Challenge

Hitting 60 mph ‘terrifying stupid and awesome’

July 24, 2016

Colorado governor opposes transfer of public lands

Montezuma County more supportive of Republican plan

July 24, 2016

Cortez native returns home and opens Axl’s Glass downtown

Vickie Medina has opened Axl’s Glass, which is named after her dog, Axl.Sam Green/The Journal The new business offers windshield…

July 24, 2016

Colorado stands at a crossroads for natural resources

New director takes helm as controversy rises over fracking and public lands

July 24, 2016

Hickenlooper set to speak at Democratic National Convention

Committee officials announced the list of speakers Thursday, though they did not say when the two elected officials would speak…

July 24, 2016

Boy struck by vehicle while crossing Main Avenue in Durango

The crash occurred at 5:49 p.m. Tuesday when Shannon Ruetschle, 23, turned right from west 29th Street to go south…

July 24, 2016

Durango, Cortez favor extension of marijuana shop hours

Testing labs could get local licenses for medical marijuana by August

July 24, 2016

XTO Energy fined $10,000 for March spill

Approximately 70 barrels of oil and gas by-product released into Lone Hollow Creek

July 24, 2016

Mesa Verde tourism jumps 8.5 percent in a year

Colorado sets tourism records in 2015

July 23, 2016