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Kinder Morgan drops lawsuit, powerline plan

Empire electric hired to deliver power

BLM to start burning slash piles

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles for two hazardous fuels reduction projects as early as Monday, Dec. 15, or as conditions…

Christmas tree lighting

Angel Tree

Janice Jones decorates Cortez Journal’s “Angel Tree” on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The Salvation Army provides names of children eligible for the Community Christmas Program, and residents can pick a child’s…

Water plan starts dialogue

Gov. John Hickenlooper holds up a draft of Colorado’s Water Plan, delivered to him at the Capitol by James Eklund, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The historic plan…

Plaintiffs drop TDR lawsuit against county

Suit sought to restore Dolores River Valley plan

Man cleared in fracas with gun

Defendant says niece and ex-girlfriend attacked him

Report shows big Hispanic spending

Group hopes to encourage action on immigration

2 die in McElmo Canyon collision

Several accidents reported on dicey roads

Weather coverage gets a boost with Cloud Scout debut

Visitors to cortezjournal.com got a more robust weather page beginning Friday, Dec. 12. The page features a five-day forecast, weather webcams, radar and precipitation forecasts, river flow data and a…

Board meets on pot shop

Town board to adopt budget, raise water fees

Comments sought on forest plan

Proposed action bars motorcycles from Bear Creek trail head

Another beetle makes gains in Dolores

The roundheaded pine beetle has killed trees in the Lake Canyon area in the San Juan National Forest. It’s also infested about 500 to 600 acres on the east side…

An epidemic bugs regional forests

Infestation of bark beetle demands immediate action

Sanitation OKs 2015 budget

Without any public comments from citizens, the Cortez Sanitation District unanimously approved its 2015 budget this week. Adopted on Monday, Dec. 8, total CSD enterprise fund operating expenditures in 2015…

Legal cannabis celebrates two years in Colorado

Scores of people celebrated the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado in November 2012. About a month later, Gov. John Hickenlooper formalized it as part of…

Partners pledge to save Calkins

District votes to pursue real estate offer

Southwest Basin Water Roundtable holds meetings to discuss plan

Colorado’s water supplies not enough for farms, urban growth

Lake Powell’s low water level plays into water supply

Colorado water managers are keeping a close eye on the historically low reservoir levels at Lake Powell. Under the Colorado River Compact, the major river is divided between upper basin…

Veterans honored on Pearl Harbor Day

‘For years after I got out, nothing was ever said to recognize what we did’