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Convicted sex offender will face jury trial in January

Some 400 area residents will be summoned to appear at the Montezuma County courthouse in January for jury duty. At…

Oil and gas industry faces larger fines

Legislation would raise penalties

Navajos buy back sacred masks at Paris auction

Dozens of Hopi dolls also in French art sale

Clement Frost returns as Southern Ute chairman

2 new members join Southern Ute council

Local Briefs

Archaeology society to meet Jan. 6 The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Dan Simplicio at 7…

Kemper Christmas

Kemper Elementary students perform “The Gingerbread Man” for parents at the school’s Christmas program Wednesday.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Christmas carolers

Students from the Kiva Montessori School, Tessa Steves, Thayer Plewe and Samantha Nittler, visit with Sadie Donathan and Rosemary Plese…

Court briefs

Dad pistol-whips daughter’s fiancé A father and daughter from Dolores were arrested in September after the man was accused of…

Tipton, Bennet will join Hermosa celebration

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton will join in a celebration of the passage of the Hermosa…

Program accepting applications for help with heating bill

As temperatures drop and energy bills rise, the state of Colorado is encouraging residents who struggle with home heating costs…

Couple face charges in theft of judge’s horse trailer

A Montezuma County couple have been arrested on multiple charges, including the alleged theft of a horse trailer belonging to…

Officials warn of difficult flu year

Flu hasn’t hit the area hard yet

City water, park fees will rise in 2015

Officials attributes increase to costs

Kinder Morgan drops lawsuit, powerline plan

Empire electric hired to deliver power

Fair revamps for future; status of rodeo undecided

Board digs out of fiscal crisis, plans new events; status of Ranch Rodeo undecided

More housing is needed to temper cost in Durango

City looking to encourage development

Hay prices remain high in Southwest Colorado

Hay prices in Southwest Colorado remain high, but steady according to the Dec. 11 figures on current averages per region…

Gas prices down again; Cortez at $2.49 a gallon

Average retail gasoline prices in Colorado hovered around $2.56 per gallon, according to the most recent data from the U.S.…

BLM to start burning slash piles

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles for two hazardous fuels reduction…

Christmas tree lighting

Coat Drive

The National Honor Society at Montezuma-Cortez High School sponsored a coat drive this past month to give to Renew. In…

Angel Tree

Janice Jones decorates Cortez Journal’s “Angel Tree” on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The Salvation Army provides names of children eligible for…

Water plan starts dialogue

Gov. John Hickenlooper holds up a draft of Colorado’s Water Plan, delivered to him at the Capitol by James Eklund,…

Plaintiffs drop TDR lawsuit against county

Suit sought to restore Dolores River Valley plan