Courtesy photo<br><br>Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, is a bacterial disease often found in rabbi For The Journal The Montezuma County Public Health Department reported on Wednesday that a local…
A lightning strike ignited a fire Wednesday on White’s Mesa on the southeast side of Mesa Verde National Park, according to a press release from the park. Named the East…
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Cortez Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Bittle trains 10 new volunteer recruits, including seven Cortez volunteers, two Ute Mountain Ute Fire Department recruits and one Dolores Fire District volunteer, at Fire…
Jason Walters captured Tuesday night’s lightning storm in the sky above a cabin on his property on County Road H, south of the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. He photographed the lightning…
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Due to a recent increase in unconfirmed sightings and reports of wolves in Colorado, in addition to confirmed sightings over the past several years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say…
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Recent hot, dry, and breezy weather has resulted in extremely dry vegetation fuels throughout Mesa Verde National Park. Because of the very high fire danger, several fire restrictions will take…
The Journal U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez invites all high school students of Colorado’s Third Congressional District to participate in the 2016 Congressional App Challenge. The Congressional App Challenge…
du1-i-syn A 60-year-old Durango woman died and a 64-year-old Mancos man was critically injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon on Colorado Highway 145 near Telluride, according to the San…
Weather Service predicts the start of monsoon season
There are two options for managing public lands in southeast Utah. A national monument The Bears Ears National Monument would cover 1.9 million acres, including, from north to south: the…
Obama officials, natives and locals converge on Bluff, Utah
The House on Fire ruins in Mule Canyon, near Blanding, Utah. They are one of an estimated 100,000 archaeological sites within a 1.9-million acre Bears Ears area.Associated Press House Republicans…
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center announced on Friday that it supports increased protection for the Bears Ears area, a day before U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other high-ranking Obama…
