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Unusual ice fog shrouds the valley

Cold mist topped out at about 6,500 feet

Add to holidays’ joy with a wild tree

MK Thompson/San Juan Mountains Association<br><br>White fir trees are abundant in San Juan National Fore The time of year has come…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wild turkeys keep a wary eye out to avoid ending up on a Thanksgiving table. This flock was just east…

Trustees OK half of items

Budget tabled; RV rule discussed

Community calendar

People are encouraged to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted less…

KSJD treks to Mancos

Personalities plan storytelling event

Giving Tree deadline Dec. 6

Program launches on Thanksgiving

Montezuma County gets a boost for Farm to School projects

State board gives $40,000 grant

EPA’s Red Arrow report due Dec. 4, may ease residents’ concerns

An Environmental Protection Agency assessment on illegal gold milling operations in Mancos will be released on Dec. 4. Operations at…

Cronk trial set for April

Ex-undersheriff faces 17 felony charges

County awarded grant for child protection

Money freed up after report of lapses in social service offices

Sheriff’s office may face wrongful-death claim

The family of an inmate who died while in custody at the Montezuma County jail is expected to file a…

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time…

Poll: Hickenlooper slides, but still leads GOP field

DENVER – Less than half of Colorado voters think Gov. John Hickenlooper deserves re-election, but he still maintained or even…

Foreman from Durango died while trying to save miner

Rick Williams and one of his grandchildren.The Denver Post They were family men, one an experienced hard rock miner, the…

Mancos Community Calendar

People are encouraged to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted less…

Outdoor adventure

What happened 100 years ago today

Because 1913 is not available on the microfilm at the library, I went to the Nov. 27, 2003, issue of…

Yule tree permits available

Christmas tree permits, which allow you to cut a holiday tree on National Forest and BLM lands in southwestern Colorado,…

Protection order tops misdemeanor violations

It isn’t assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County.…

D.A. supports more parolee spending

Although punishment serves to deter criminal activity, the bulk of prisoners are eventually freed from incarceration. “We have to give…

Mancos chooses to pause retail marijuana deals

Mancos leaders voted unanimously last week to extend the town’s moratorium on retail marijuana sales through June 30. Following a…

New board members take oaths

Mancos School administrative assistant Theresa Titone administers the oath of office Monday for new school board members Blake Mitchell, left,…

Expert suggests raising water rates

The Town of Mancos needs to replace some 9,000 feet of deteriorating water lines at a cost or more than…