The Cortez Journal is challenging what it considers to be an unwarranted fee request for public records. Montezuma County Coroner Charlie Rosenbaugh has sought a $15 administrative fee for a…
Southwest Colorado faces new threat from southern insect
Christmas tree permits, which allow you to cut a holiday tree on National Forest and BLM lands in southwestern Colorado, are now on sale. The $8 permit allows individuals to…
Stiles began San Juan career battling 72,000-acre blaze
DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed the nation’s strictest rules on methane air pollution from gas and oil fields Monday. Environmental groups and three gas and oil companies – Encana,…
It isn’t assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County. Instead, it’s protection order violations. An annual statistical report from…
Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>As his hat flies off, Wesley Atene rides Saturday in the keyhole competi
Ayngel Overson is one of the main characters in “Uranium Drive-In,” a documentary about delayed plans to build a uranium mill near her Montrose County home. Like most people in…
Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>Manaugh students Savannah Swift and Annabell McDermid celebrate after gi
Although punishment serves to deter criminal activity, the bulk of prisoners are eventually freed from incarceration. “We have to give these prisoners the tools to reintegrate into society,” said District…
But state funding is not keeping up with demand, critics say
Construction workers lower a 25-by-60-foot section of the roof for the grandstands at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds rodeo arena. The sections were put together on the ground and then raised…
BEAVER CREEK – When operating in an area that’s built to capacity, you have to be efficient with your use of space. That’s the current scenario in Beaver Creek’s base area, which…
Durango Mountain Resort is making snow in preparation for its season, which will open Nov. 29.Durango Herald file photo The U.S. Forest Service surrendered last week in a fight about…
The Dolores Public Library Board of Trustees and the Friends of the Dolores Public Library will host a retirement party for Carole Arnold from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,…
BLM undertakes environmental, cultural resource examination
Heart & Soul officials met Saturday, Nov. 16, to wrap up the “Explore Your Community” phase of the project. Held at the Cortez Recreational Center, the 3 p.m. meeting was…
Investigators rule out explosion as cause of deaths
Keegan Swenson flips over the front of his bike in the sand pit at Parque de Vida Saturday during the Mens-A Division of the cyclocross.Sam Green/Cortez Journal
