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Balloons over Mancos

A balloon from the 11th annual Mancos Valley Balloon Festival glides over an open field south of U.S. Highway 160…

City audit shows strong 2014 finances

General fund revenues up 18 percent

Backhoe champ

Jason Burton displays his first place award in the West Slope Snow and Ice Conference Backhoe Competition. He competed against…

One era ends, another begins

Mancos Times prints last edition, becomes part of The Journal

October Storytime them is ‘Seasonal Change’

For The Cortez Journal “Seasonal Change” is the October theme of the Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library,…

Clampers honor Mitchell Springs

Located south of Cortez, Mitchell Springs once provided area residents and travelers with water. The site will be commemorated on…

Water system is in the works

EPA building temporary facility

Images recapture rugged mining era

Photos reveal Silverton’s early history in new book

Animas meeting moves to Durango

Mine waste from the Gold King Mine north of Silverton fills the Animas River at Bakers Bridge in this Aug.…

Sage-grouse debate shifts to land use

BILLINGS, Mont. – Before the applause faded from the U.S. government’s announcement that there would be no endangered-species protections for…

M-CHS asbestos plan going to bid

Process is key to demolition

Methane plume discussed at EPA hearing

DENVER – Four Corners residents spoke in Denver on Wednesday, highlighting health concerns stemming from a methane hot spot in…

Colorado to county: Why the tax break?

Blanket abatement reduces ag land values

At the end of a rainbow

The Cortez Recreation Center is at the end of the rainbow after a brief rain Tuesday evening.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Editor’s note: Website consolidation coming Friday

To Our Readers, The consolidation of the Cortez Journal, Dolores Star and Mancos Times picks up momentum this week and…

Editor’s note: Website consolidation coming Friday

To Our Readers, The consolidation of the Cortez Journal, Mancos Times, and Dolores Star picks up momentum this week and…

Balloon fest takes flight Friday

Launching bright and early Friday morning, this year’s Mancos Valley Balloon and Arts festival features a dozen hot air balloons…

U.S. rejects protections for greater sage grouse across West

In this Saturday, April 20, 2013 photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured,…

Symphony kicks off concert season

Features renowned conductor and cellist

Court briefs

Mancos woman gets 60 days in drug case In custody under a $10,000 bond, Ana Sena, 32, of Mancos, was…

Pilots of crashed plane encountered bad weather

Members of the San Juan County and La Plata County search and rescue teams work at the scene of a…

FLC reports a frosh bump

Overall , though, attendance falls

Apples for the ages

Weld likely top gas producer

La Plata County production on the decline