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Mancos vows next marshal will face strict background check

Mancos hopes to find replacement for top lawman by March

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…

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.…

County reports $13M reserve

New courthouse is largest capital cost

Iranian tests worry senators

Bennet, Gardner speak about missile tests

Shopping with a cop

Growing Colorado anticipates a 2040 population of 7.8 million people

State expected to add more than 2M people over next 25 years

12 Strays of Christmas

Morgan Lincoln (in back) and Ashlynn, Destinee and Austin Brenneman walk three of the 12 Strays of Christmas down Main Street in Cortez. Workers at the Cortez Animal Shelter take…

Court briefs

Court hears armed robbery case Shelby Mudgett, 25, address unknown, was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation with an educational stipulation in connection to an armed robbery in July.…

Sewer rates adjusted

CSD returns to consumption schedule in New Year

M-CHS grad launches Air Force JROTC vision

A retired U.S. Air Force colonel is hopeful that a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) can take flight again at the Montezuma-Cortez High School. Michael Pasquin floated the idea…

Drilling limited in Montezuma County

Boom was in the 1960s and 1970s

Montezuma-Cortez district warned of aging bus fleet

A proposed extension of Seventh Street would provide safer and more convenient access to the new high school (background) for buses, students and parents.Jim Mimiaga/Cortez Journal More than half the…

D.C. lawmakers meet inside Colorado mine

Congressional hearing held underground highlights Gold King spill

Fact Check: Rubio is a bit off on watch list numbers

CNN’s Jake Tapper reviewed Sen. Marco Rubio’s claim about the U.S. government’s terrorist watch lists. Rubio told Tapper there are “700,000 Americans on some watch list or another,” but the…

News from the Mancos Times-Tribune, Oct. 6, 1911

More Rain and Higher Waters On Wednesday evening one of the severest of the many severe storms of the season burst upon this section of the country continuing through the…

Planning and Zoning weighs laundry project

The waters started to churn this week for a new commercial laundry operation after planning officials sorted through numerous zoning concerns. It’s been more than a year since the 1,300…

U-Haul moves into Mancos

A Mancos automobile repair shop is now positioned to possibly make someone famous. U-Haul company officials have announced that Valley Repair on North Oak Street is now a neighborhood dealer…

Town serves up holiday dinner

Georgette Welage and Andrea Phillips serve residents at the annual Mancos holiday dinner. The town staff helped cook and serve the dinner.Sam Green/The Journal

Dolores students build toys for kids

The Dolores woodshop classes made toys for the Teddy Bear Preschool for Christmas. One of the classes from back left are Brett Lewis, Kyle Biery, Andrew Davis, Devin Reed and…