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Local Relay for Life raises $29,000 Money to help fund cancer research
Cancer survivors, family, friends and total strangers braved the 95 degree heat on Saturday to kick off the 2015 Montezuma County Relay for Life. This year’s event was a record-breaker…
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Journal contributor Gulliford wins Colorado Book Award
Fort Lewis College professor and Journal contributing writer Andrew Gulliford was awarded a Colorado Book Award prize for his essay collection “Outdoors in the Southwest” on Sunday, June 21, at…
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Calving season
A female elk gallops through a field near the Animas River with her still-spotted calf Friday afternoon. Baby deer and elk will be appearing in the area, and officials with…
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Surviving quake on Mount Everest
The avalanche rumble grew louder and I knew we were in trouble. We had been on Mount Everest for a week, so the muffled crashes of distant avalanches were a…
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Towaoc Art and Music Camps
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The Playground Theatre
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Vacation cut short
Cortez firefighters check out the truck that was pulling a trailer when it went off the road about three miles south of Cortez on Tuesday afternoon. The driver, Rona McMullen,…
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Local pot use higher than state average
Young adults 10 times more likely to consume than older residents
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Dolores to develop plan for wildfires, floods
The town of Dolores is at risk for wildfires and floods, and the town board is working on an emergency plan ordinance to handle a disaster. The Roatcap fire in…
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Court briefs
Man gets maximum sentence for assault In custody for 101 days, Sidney Martinez, 32, of Cortez, received the maximum two years in prison with credit for time served last week…
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Dog-killing neighbor gets jail time
A judge recently made an example of a Cortez woman who pleaded guilty in an animal cruelty case. Appearing out of custody at an arraignment hearing earlier this month, Marie…
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EMV conversion seminar planned
Four Corners Community Bank, along with Cortez Retail Enhancement Association, will be hosting an EMV business conversion seminar next Wednesday, June 24 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Destination…
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Rafter dies after a flip in Smelter Rapid
Man was identified as Jose Soto, 56, of Farmington