The opportunity to open a marijuana grow or marijuana-infused product factory could be coming to Durango. The Durango City Council asked city planners to continue to research where these businesses…
La Plata County commissioners, staff look for possible ways to increase revenues
Fort Lewis College began the 2015-16 school year Friday with its Convocation, officially bringing freshmen and transfer students into the collegiate fold. “I hope you make the next four years…
Theft case continued for local woman In custody on no bond after violating court orders, Christina Hurst, 28, of Cortez, had an arraignment hearing continued until Sept. 21. Hurst was…
For The Cortez Journal The local League of Women Voters will hear an overview of what is new in Colorado and with federal legislation for behavioral health care on Saturday,…
A fawn gets a shower recently in irrigation spray near County Roads M and 25 in CortezSam Green/Cortez Journal
Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates and acting Associate Attorney General Stuart F. Delery respond to a question by Patrick Boice, a prosecutor with the Ute Indian Tribe of Fort…
Ballantine Communications, Inc. will soon consolidate The Cortez Journal, Dolores Star and Mancos Times into one newspaper, named The Journal. Our local journalists and advertising representatives want to improve your…
Last weekend, Ute war veterans organization celebrated their 2015 Pow Wow Day at the ceremonial grounds at the Ute Casino in Towaoc. This year, the veterans also invited Montezuma County…
Sex offender gets jail in probation case David Buck, 38, of Cortez, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after admitting that he violated his probation. Initially charged with failing…
A Cortez man convicted of attempted child sex assault has argued that the court imposed an “illegal sentence.” In a four-page motion filed in June, public defender Amy R. Smith…
Water flows into a retention pond below the Gold King Mine north of Silverton. A coalition of tribes, local governments and environmental groups Tuesday petitioned the federal government to change…
Water flows out of the Gold King Mine last week north of Silverton. A blowout at the mine could have been prevented with better analysis of the water pressure behind…
In the end, small group will get an escort down Main Street
