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Cortez, Dolores, Mancos papers will combine into The Journal

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September 3, 2015

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Dolores still hoppin’

Riverfront hosts live bands, pig roast

September 3, 2015

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Vesicular stomatitis declines, but spreads

Numbers are lower but across wider area

September 2, 2015

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Rico, Telluride mourn loss

Missing man found dead in Nevada

September 2, 2015

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Rico fears end of school

Mill levy increase would offer stability at 2007 levels

September 2, 2015

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Poor-performing gas wells being plugged

Future lease threatens McPhee Dam, citizen says

September 2, 2015

High School Sports

Cortez football coach ousted after staff complains

We did it for the kids, assistant coach says

September 2, 2015

Local News

Common Press starting construction

Reapplying for State Historical Fund grant

September 2, 2015

Local News

Report: Cortez man wields knife for dibs on pork chop

A Montezuma County sheriff’s deputy responded to the cold disturbance call at 3:50 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. A 27-year-old…

September 1, 2015

Local News

Poor-performing gas wells being plugged

Future lease threatens McPhee Dam, citizen says

September 1, 2015

Local News

Mancos fills up water tank as part of $1.1 million project

Storage capacity nearly tripled

September 1, 2015

Local News

Facilitator for Western Excelsior pollution negotiations debated

Board members, CROR question costs

September 1, 2015

Local News

Vesicular stomatitis declines, but spreads

Numbers are lower but across wider area

September 1, 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

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

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

Forum 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

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

Education

The New M-CHS: Students eat made-from-scratch meals from new kitchen

Not at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School. Students at M-CHS are being served meals made from scratch, including marinara with…

August 27, 2015

Local News

Cortez man claims ‘illegal sentence’ in child sex case

In a four-page motion filed in June, public defender Amy R. Smith requested that District Court Judge Todd Plewe revise…

August 27, 2015