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Vets likely to return pot gift

National organization wants marijuana given back to shop

Prison terms reduced for armed thieves

Prosecutors support arguments

Local Relay for Life raises $29,000 Money to help fund cancer research

Cancer survivors, family, friends and total strangers braved the 95 degree heat on Saturday to kick off the 2015 Montezuma…

Landfill expands recycling

Electronic and certain plastics now accepted

Journal contributor Gulliford wins Colorado Book Award

Fort Lewis College professor and Journal contributing writer Andrew Gulliford was awarded a Colorado Book Award prize for his essay…

Municipal ‘lawn cop’ angers homeowner

Man places ad protesting ‘bully’

Calving season

A female elk gallops through a field near the Animas River with her still-spotted calf Friday afternoon. Baby deer and…

Surviving quake on Mount Everest

The avalanche rumble grew louder and I knew we were in trouble. We had been on Mount Everest for a…

Towaoc Art and Music Camps

The Playground Theatre

Vacation cut short

Cortez firefighters check out the truck that was pulling a trailer when it went off the road about three miles…

Local pot use higher than state average

Young adults 10 times more likely to consume than older residents

Rainbow trout bounce back

Animas River is an exception

Dolores to develop plan for wildfires, floods

The town of Dolores is at risk for wildfires and floods, and the town board is working on an emergency…

Court briefs

Man gets maximum sentence for assault In custody for 101 days, Sidney Martinez, 32, of Cortez, received the maximum two…

Dog-killing neighbor gets jail time

A judge recently made an example of a Cortez woman who pleaded guilty in an animal cruelty case. Appearing out…

EMV conversion seminar planned

Four Corners Community Bank, along with Cortez Retail Enhancement Association, will be hosting an EMV business conversion seminar next Wednesday,…

McElmo road work stalls

Financing cited; conditions spur risky driving

Rafter dies after a flip in Smelter Rapid

Man was identified as Jose Soto, 56, of Farmington

Hwy. 160 crash snarls morning commute

Drivers taken to hospital with injuries

Ska Brewing Company: pioneers of summer stout

Ska Brewing Co. head brewer Thomas Larsen checks for clarity during a production run.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald A summer cream stout…

Ska Brewing Co. turns 20

Company to host anniversary party on Sept. 12

Girl Scouts help retire flags

As Senior Vice Commander Jim Logan led the ceremony, VFW member Rich Kriner ceremoniously cuts up the American Flag as…

Mississippi blues man to play Telluride

Blues and Brews Festival tickets go on sale tomorrow