Local News

Montezuma County winners at the Colorado State Fair

Locals shine in non-livestock competitions

Southwest Memorial will use new entrance to ER; lobby will close

du1-i-syn The Journal Southwest Memorial Hospital will close the main hospital lobby on Monday, Oct. 30, at 8 a.m. for the next phase of construction, according to a news release…

Cortez pumpkin festival benefits Piñon Project

More than 100 participate in costume contest

Investigation clears Fort Lewis College professor of plagiarism charges

Author accused Andrew Gulliford of using his material in Herald column

Durango sexual assault suspects face life in prison

Sexual assault suspects charged with felonies Friday

Finding care for veterans in rural Colorado

In some parts of the state, care suffers as Veterans Administration searches for providers

Trump says he will shrink Bears Ears

Also in Utah, Grand Staircase faces reduction in size

Photos: Black Student Union, supporters ‘take a knee’

Records: ‘Spiritual leader’ punished kids who died near Norwood

‘Unclean’ girls went without food or water

Two-vehicle crash on Main Street sends one to hospital

Collision occurs at Main and Market streets

Cortez City Council approves public art advisory committee

Board to oversee public art projects

Colorado ramps up bat-awareness leading up to Halloween

National Bat Week is held Oct. 24-31 yearly

McPhee Reservoir closing boat ramps for winter

Nonmotorized, exempt boats can still launch

Sheriff Blotter

du1-i-syn Monday, Oct. 16 10:50 a.m.: A bag of roughly 2.7 grams of marijuana was found lying next to a birthday cake in Dolores High School, 1301 Central Ave., and…

Public access to land near Summit Lake hits snag

2-foot-wide strip of bordering private land might need easement

Cortez council plans nonprofit grants for 2018

More than 20 local groups will get support

Fashion Show benefits Cancer Alliance

The seventh annual Pretty in Pink Fashion Show raises money for local cancer patients

Evidence links quakes on Colorado border to energy waste wells

DENVER – Scientists say they have more evidence that an increase in earthquakes on the Colorado-New Mexico border since 2001 has been caused by wells that inject wastewater from oil…

Mancos Library to host farm legacy workshop

Agriculture economist will teach on inheritance law

Cortez Middle School to premiere ‘Into the Woods, Jr.’

Students prepare for opening night on Nov. 3