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Relief-fund donations are slow

34 people who lost income receive help

Purgatory looking up

Replacement of slow lift among $5 million in planned upgrades

State a model for stopping gas waste

Taxpayers for Common Sense hopes BLM follows Colorado’s lead

Poor-performing gas wells being plugged

Future lease threatens McPhee Dam, citizen says

Officials discuss tribal community safety concerns

Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates and acting Associate Attorney General Stuart F. Delery respond to a question by Patrick…

Ute tribe considers renewables

Forum explores shift from oil, gas

Cortez code-enforcement actions rise 513%

Citations rise as city ramps up enforcement

Cortez, Dolores, Mancos papers will combine into The Journal

Ballantine Communications, Inc. will soon consolidate The Cortez Journal, Dolores Star and Mancos Times into one newspaper, named The Journal.…

GST Liquors gives $10K to Cultural Center

Liquor store hopes others donate, too

Utes invite VFW to Pow Wow

Last weekend, Ute war veterans organization celebrated their 2015 Pow Wow Day at the ceremonial grounds at the Ute Casino…

Photos: First day of school

Noxious daisy

Unseasonably wet spring forcing weed managers to get aggressive

The New M-CHS: Students eat made-from-scratch meals from new kitchen

It used to be school cafeterias served up pre-prepared, processed foods, much of it stored in 10-pound cans lining the…

Court briefs

Sex offender gets jail in probation case David Buck, 38, of Cortez, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after…

Enjoy and preserve the month’s bounty

This is my favorite month, full of a variety of Palisade peaches, Olathe corn, Hatch chilies, Rocky Ford melons and…

Cortez man claims ‘illegal sentence’ in child sex case

A Cortez man convicted of attempted child sex assault has argued that the court imposed an “illegal sentence.” In a…

Baxstrom is charged with attempted murder

Allegedly shot woman twice

Coalition calls for mining reforms after Gold King Mine spill

Water flows into a retention pond below the Gold King Mine north of Silverton. A coalition of tribes, local governments…

‘Insufficient’ planning cited in EPA investigation of Gold King Mine spill

Water flows out of the Gold King Mine last week north of Silverton. A blowout at the mine could have…

Bush defends self in Colorado

Candidate talks about ‘anchor baby’

Veterans battle over parade route

In the end, small group will get an escort down Main Street

Personal outdoor pot growing banned

Council passes ordinance that clarifies regs

New high school opens

Buses and cars dropped students off at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School without much fanfare on Wednesday, as assistant principal…

Steps to Success

About 100 Southwest Colorado Community College students and faculty members rallied Monday morning at the Mancos campus on U.S. Highway…