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Durango City Council commits to opening Lake Nighthorse on April 1

Advisory group will make a recommendation on management of the reservoir

What Trump’s Supreme Court pick holds for Indian Country

During the Senate hearings that put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court this year, Democrats made it clear they were…

Proper fire funding continues to elude Congress

A house that was spared from the Brianhead Fire in Utah, which started in June and covered more than 70,000…

Firefighters deliver gifts on Christmas Eve

Mancos church honors Sabido, Vizguerra during Las Posadas

One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people visits Mancos

Ice fishing on McPhee

Long-time locals try their luck ice-fishing “somewhere” on McPhee.Jim Mimiaga/The Journal

Speedskating on McPhee

Nicholas Tyson Jones, of Lizard Head Cyclery, has created a quarter-mile ice-skating track on McPhee Reservoir. “The conditions are perfect…

Management plan finalized for Hermosa Creek watershed

Document to guide variety of recreational uses

Charles Siegele, ‘quiet leader’ and longtime Purgatory employee, dies at 70

Native Durangoan involved with Snowdown since its inception

State reports small increase in Colorado’s unemployment rate

DENVER — Colorado officials say the unemployment rate in the state increased slightly in November to 2.9 percent, compared to…

Cortez lights

The Lucero home lights up the block with Christmas cheer at Fourth and Maple streets in Cortez.Emily Rice/The Journal

Survey suggests economy remains slow in rural areas

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10…

The Mac Ranch will move to Main Avenue in Durango

Center will repair iPhones and iPads

Colorado boasts country’s 8th-fastest growing population

DENVER – New U.S. Census figures show Colorado had the country’s eighth-fastest growing population this year. The Denver Post reported…

Cortez deli offers locally raised meats, Hungarian style

Deli’s Mangalitsa is known as being the Kobe of pork

N.M. delegates renew push to limit drilling outside of Chaco Canyon

Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing their pleas for federal land managers to limit oil and natural…

Crash leaves one dead, four injured near Pagosa Springs

A three-vehicle crash last week on U.S. Highway 160 west of Pagosa Springs has left one dead and four others…

Shutdown at coal-fired power plant serving Southwest wrapping up

Second unit will be closed over the weekend

Extension office, fair board work to smooth relations

Agreement drafted to better define roles during fair

Montezuma-Cortez school board discusses safety, annual budget

Concerns focus on Lewis-Arriola, Pleasant View schools

Mesa Elementary donates peanut butter and jelly to food pantry

In exchange for food for pantry, students wore pajamas to school

Cortez firefighters serve pancakes to Mesa Elementary kids

Breakfast held for fourth- and fifth-graders

Gov. Hickenlooper seeks emergency funding for child health care

Congress let federal funding run out Sept. 30

Annual Cortez Christmas dinner is today

About 300 are expected to attend