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Once a Democrat, candidate looks to GOP

Durango businessman who lost to Tipton sets sights on Senate

Interim assessor sworn in

Judge Doug Walker congratulates Scott Davis after the swearing-in ceremony for the interim Montezuma County assessor. Davis takes over for…

Launch pad

A hawk takes flight from a roost near Road 41 and Highway 184 just west of Mancos.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Mancos River project helps irrigation, fish habitat

New water barriers on stretch of river from Excelsior plant to Road J bridge create pools for suckers

Marijuana business takes root in Mancos

Shop owner says town is losing out because of ban on recreational marijuana

Holiday on ice

Emily Cole and Emma Most slide on ice on the Mancos River behind the Mancos Public Library.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Polar Express lights up the night

New show adds pizazz to holiday experience

Commission tightens rules for fuel spills

The nine-member Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has unanimously approved new spill reporting regulations that significantly tighten the volume…

Ouray mine hit with 97 violations

Federal mine inspectors have written up 97 violations for the Ouray County mine where two miners died of carbon monoxide…

State shortchanged on gas, oil royalties

Nickels, dimes add up to a $1.5 million loss

Forecast predicts a fat year at Capitol

Economy, surplus add up to spending

Free parking bugs merchants

Some businesses say Durango plan has backfired

Four Corners faces wave of dental patients

Thousands expected in April, and the area has few dentists

Colo. delegation backs snow-survey funding

WASHINGTON – Funding for the snow survey water supply forecasting program was renewed on Friday with the backing of Senators…

Friends in blue

Mancos High School Student Council and National Honor Society Members visited The Valley Inn Nursing Home, Wednesday, Dec. 11. The…

Mancos town officials present photographic case against blight

A bit of blight can make a big impression. At the town meeting Wednesday night, city officials presented pictures of…

The science of light

Caden Showalter looks through a diffraction slide during the Mancos Science Fridays light presentation.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

SHADOWS OF TIME

Winter solstice tour reveals mystery of the ancients' sun calendars at Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park

Free legal aid clinic on track to expand in January

Successful pilot program that started in Montezuma County will expand to six Colorado counties

Animal Planet searching area for Bigfoot

Animal Planet is searching for Bigfoot in the Four Corners this week and may shoot more than one episode in…

Gun permits up among area women

Spike parallels Obama inauguration, spurs demand for designer handbags

Officials tell Mancos residents mine poses no risk

An EPA-designated superfund technical assessment and response team checks for mercury vapor Oct. 29 at the unpermitted Red Arrow milling…

Machete-wielding man gets 4 years

Father of five who terrorized neighborhood this summer apologizes for 'monstrous act'

Christmas spirit