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Water dominates Ag Summit talks

J. Paul Brown talks about what’s happening at the Colorado legislature this year.Sam Green/Cortez Journal If mega-drought predictions come true…

Oil spill reported on Ute land

Corroded pipeline ruptures; investigation continues

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

Horse de-spooking

Dallas Crist works with his horse to cross a bridge during Kelli Paulson’s class on de-spooking at the Four States…

PRC nears decision on plan to close coal-fired plant

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators are close to making a decision on what some energy experts have called a watershed…

Tipton urges Lake Nighthorse opening

U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, penned a letter to Bureau of…

Colorado lawmakers introduce police measures

Lawmakers set to introduce package of oversight measures

Homebuyers get less time to sue over defects

Homeowners at Rivergate Lofts, south of downtown Durango, won a $26.4 million settlement in 2011 after it was determined there…

Court briefs

Mancos teen avoids prison for beating An 18-year-old Mancos boy has been approved for a youth offender program after he…

More federal trials will be held in Durango

Judge Krieger assigned to preside for 2015

High school students advise lawmakers on standardized tests

Durango senior offers unique insight on standardized tests

State Senate OKs repeal of magazine law

Three Democrats join Republicans in 21-13 vote

Panel kills rights measure

Bill tried to ease fracking losses

Crowd turns out for chance at Habitat house

A crowd sat quietly in the community room of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cortez on Tuesday night, intently watching…

Back to basics

100-year-old Battle Rock Charter School starts 4-H group

Four injured in separate knife fights

Police say four men suffered stab wounds over the weekend in separate knife attacks. The first reported knife fight left…

The art of working leather

Cousins keep centuries-old trade alive in reopened downtown Mancos shop

Dolores basin needs more snow

Otherwise, irrigators face shortage

Public meetings scheduled for proposed trike park

Neighbors within a three-block radius of Kiwanis Park on the northeast side of Cortez are encouraged to attend an informational…

Gov is wary of fire system

Hickenlooper cautious about spending $10M

Elk ridge

Shelly Knuckles Purkat took this picture of elk near roads R and 31 last week.Courtesy photo/Shelly Knuckles Purkat

Plastic recyclers

Members of the Four Corners Recycling Initiative display some of the plastic they collected Friday to raise interest in the…

Boning up on health

Dianne Doerfer talks with potential students for the nursing program at Southwest Colorado Community College. The college will be having…

Student testing lands on Capitol’s radar

Effort to address assessments is underway