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‘Savannah Sipping Society’ keeps audiences laughing

Closing night sold-out for the performance

Crash injures one in Cortez neighborhood

The lights go out at Mesa Verde

Though the wind blew most of the luminarias out, Spruce Tree House remained lit for Mesa Verde’s annual holiday open house event on Thursday.Emily Rice/The Journal

Montezuma-Cortez discusses school safety after Aztec shooting

Topics include lockdown drills, open lunch policy, guns in school

Colorado, New Mexico lawmakers alter sex misconduct policies

New Mexico state Reps. Jim Dines, R-Bernalillo, left, and. Kelly Fajardo, R-Belen, attend a meeting of state lawmakers Friday in Santa Fe about proposed revisions to the state Legislature’s policy…

Woman creates Four Corners haven for Welsh ponies

Weehaven makes name for Cortez in world of Welsh ponies

Mancos Town Board adopts $3.5 million budget

Town will use reserves for capital projects

Ex-polygamous sect leader gets nearly 5 years in fraud case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former polygamous sect leader was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in carrying out an elaborate food stamp fraud…

A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation will get alert system

This 2016 photo shows a portrait of 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike, who was abducted and murdered in 2016, on display inside the lobby of the Farmington Civic Center in Farmington, N.M.…

Mancos Town Board considers regulations for planning and zoning commission

Trustees may penalize absent commission members

Dry, cold weather provides opportunity for ice skating

The old Durango water supply was located on “Reservoir Hill,” where Fort Lewis College is now. Years later, it was used for winter ice skating.Courtesy Center of Southwest Studies By…

Short-handed Lady Bears fall to Del Norte

Pressing defense again trips up Bears

Damaged school to be renovated in honor of shooting victims

Fundraising page set up to help with costs

Mark Redwine makes brief court appearance for status conference

Defense team asks for more time to examine thousands of documents

La Plata County family sues Colorado State Patrol for shooting dog

‘Dozer’ was euthanized three weeks later as a result of injuries

La Plata County man suspected of creating explosive devices set for trial

Nickie Carrillo has previous felony conviction

Cortez City Council honors long-term employees

Council gives awards to 19 staff members

Carjacking suspect charged with multiple felonies

Counts include second-degree kidnapping, aggravated robbery

Ancestral Pueblo practices could save New Mexico pinelands

Researchers look to the past to better fight fire

Cortez council appoints members of public arts advisory board

Six local artists and one student to fill new positions