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Ag grants awarded to local agencies

Orchard, Evening Market, Farm Fresh get total of $30K

Hickenlooper defends state’s child-welfare system

Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, hands Reggie Bicha, director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, an award Hickenlooper received on…

City OKs $760,000 water meter bid

Digital system may be in place this summer

Teachers air views in survey

Sentiment up for most; Kemper slips

How wet is it?

May precipitation 290 percent of normal

Bond reduced for murder suspect

Alleged Dove Creek slaying is first in more than 30 years

Birds of another feather

Festival makes some rare finds, including confirmed report of Harris's sparrow

‘A loving son, brother, hero’

Ceremony dedicates Cortez natural area to Iraq war veteran Geer

Mercy to host workshop on mindfulness, reflection and relationship dynamics as caregivers

For The Cortez Journal Mercy Regional Medical Center invites the public to “Using Mindfulness, Reflection, and Relationship Dynamics to Create…

Indian dances

Help stock the Good Samaritan Center Food Pantry

For The Cortez Journal A call to all gardeners: Join the fight against hunger by planing one extra vegetable plant…

Judge weighs motion to dismiss in tribal case

A public defender from Durango has requested that a DUI charged be dismissed, saying the court doesn’t have jurisdiction to…

SWOS explores Nigerian culture through literature, food

Southwest Open School served a Nigerian dinner on Wednesday, May 20, as part of its yearlong Common Read. The evening…

School board prepares for election

Members urged to recruit, mentor successors

Jazz fused with Native chants

The Delbert Anderson Trio to perform at Sunflower Theatre

Court briefs

Suspect claims self-defense A man involved in a knife fight on Friday the 13th claims he acted in self-defense. A…

Crow Canyon offers free tour

Students peer off the tower at the Pueblo Learning Center at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.File photo This summer, the Crow…

Briefs

Help stock the Good Samaritan Center Food Pantry A call to all gardeners: Join the fight against hunger by planing…

Exchange students headed to Cortez fire station

For The Cortez Journal The Cortez Fire District will again host seven international exchange students and their five chaperones from…

Bank sheds antlers during makeover

First National will remove taxidermy in $1.5 million renovation

Chipotle in the hot seat

Colorado workers sue restaurants, following national trend of worker labor lawsuits

Chipotle execs among highest-paid in industry

Tight labor budgets don’t extend to the Chipotle company’s executives. Shareholders voted to approve executive compensation at their annual meeting…

Briefs

Benches moved to stop loitering, panhandling City benches in Durango are being moved to prevent panhandlers from loitering near businesses.…

His own way

Matthew’s Walk-in Haircuts opens off Main Street