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Ballantine Fund plans new application process
Next week, officials with the Ballantine Family Fund will outline the organizations new online grant application process. Presentations will be made in both Cortez and Mancos on Tuesday, Jan. 5.…
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Facebook Top 10: The top posts at The Journal’s page
The Top 10 posts of 2015 at The Journal’s Facebook page, measured by the number of people they reached. 1. A defiant buck Cristina Jantz’s photo of a buck sitting…
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Enduring pain for science (and birds)
Local birders brave cold, snow for annual Cortez bird count
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Storm strands vehicles on U.S. 491
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Crews report county roads passable; residents dig out
Plow crews continued to make progress on city and county roads on Monday, battling unseasonably cold temperatures and snowfall over Christmas weekend. Rob Englehart, of the Montezuma County road department,…
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Merry Moon: Rare full moon on Christmas Day
The Full Cold Moon seen through the star of a Christmas tree in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. The full moon, which is the last of the year,…
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Christmas scene
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saint at Empire and Sligo sponsored a live Nativity scene this week. The church has had the live Nativity scene each…
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Winter storm alerts are extended into Saturday
Ray White and Wesley Gaddis put chains on their Waste Management truck Tuesday morning.Sam Green/The Journal The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning until 9 a.m. Saturday…
Thank You Letters
Friends, acquaintances help ease grief
We have made it seven months without our beloved Michael, and we continue to miss him everyday. His passing leaves an empty place in our hearts that will never be…
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Reindeer display
Kamden Glenn enjoys the reindeer that are about his size at Four Seasons Greenhouse and Nursery.Sam Green/The Journal
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Life beneath the snow and ice
Barn owls are one of the 11 species of North American owl found in Colorado and can be spotted by their white plumage and heart shaped disc around the face.The…
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Shutdown strands drivers, keeps officers on their toes
A 19-vehicle accident on U.S. 491 south of Pleasant View shut down the highway from County Road Z to Dove Creek on Wednesday night, creating traffic jams and additional crashes…
High School Sports
Sports briefs
Swimming results M-CHS @ Montrose Invite 50 Free Samantha Bagge, 3rd (27.68) Kayla Hageman, 7th (29.68) Keyana Matteson, 20th (31.86) Racheal Cox, 30th (34.96) Autumn Van Bibber, 38th (36.88) Julieanna…
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Search for missing snowmobiler at Groundhog Reservoir is suspended
The Dolores County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that recovery operations for Ronald Wallace, Jr. have been suspended. Wallace, 37, was on a snowmobile trip at Grooundhog Reservoir on Sunday, Dec.…
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Another long arm of the law<br><br>Colorado State Patrol officer James Proctor helps Carlitos Ramirez pick out toys for Christmas during the Shop With a Cop program. Officers escorted the youths,…