Briefs

Southwest Community College plans free construction class

A free Construction Skills Training course will run Sept. 18 through Oct. 6 at Southwest Colorado Community College. The Colorado…

September 11, 2017

Business

Steamworks reprises Colorado Proud Pale Ale

Paul Black, center, owner of Pine River Hops, feeds hops into a portable harvester on Wednesday as Kevin Lombard, left,…

September 10, 2017

Local News

Cortez library hosts guitarist and singer Charla Nettleton

Courtesy photo<br><br>The Cortez Public Library’s Literary Fridays program hosts local guitarist and singer Charla Nettleton on Friday, Sept. 15, at…

September 10, 2017

Local News

Star Party at Mesa Verde National Park

The Journal Local and Mesa Verde National Park astronomers will host the second annual Star Party at the Morefield Campground…

September 10, 2017

Local News

Class of 1967 plans 50-year reunion

The Journal The 50-year reunion of the Class of 1967 will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and 23.…

September 10, 2017

Faith

Bible study group to start classes in Durango, Ignacio, Cortez

Associated Press file Bible Study Fellowship International will start weekly classes in Durango, Ignacio and Cortez. Bible study will be…

September 9, 2017

Local News

Smithsonian archaeologist to speak at Fort Lewis College

The Journal Smithsonian anthropologist Douglas Owsley will speak at the Fort Lewis College Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m., Friday,…

September 8, 2017

Local News

South Beech Street in Cortez to close for construction

LINDSAY EPPICH/Herald<br><br>Construction on Florida Road, shown here on Friday, may lead to the loss of parking spaces at Sunnyside Apartments…

September 8, 2017

Local News

Archaeological society plans presentation on end of Ice Age

The public is invited to attend the next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, at 7 p.m. Wednesday,…

September 7, 2017

News

Low-cost health insurance enrollment begins Nov. 1

Associated Press file The open enrollment period for Connect for Health Colorado, a low-cost health insurance program, is from Nov.…

September 4, 2017

Business

Durango to host cancer-wellness conference

A kickoff program for “The Art of Living Well With and Beyond Cancer” will be held from 5:30 to 9…

September 3, 2017

Business

Fairgrounds to host food-safety class

The Colorado State University Extension Office will sponsor a four-hour course for restaurant food-service workers, which covers basic requirements for…

September 3, 2017

Local News

CDOT begins work on Colorado 145 north of Telluride

The Journal The Colorado Department of Transportation and Kirkland Construction will start work on Wednesday, Sept. 6 along Colorado Highway…

September 2, 2017

Local News

Denver passes immigrant protections amid White House threats

The Journal Denver’s City Council has approved an ordinance aimed at protecting immigrants amid White House threats to revoke federal…

August 29, 2017

Local News

Colorado woman gets 6 years in prison for son’s drowning

Aragon The Journal A western Colorado woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for being passed out drunk…

August 29, 2017

Local News

Dolores River Anglers’ board, membership to meet at WildEdge brewery

The Journal The Dolores River Anglers plan to hold their annual business meeting along with a casting clinic on Monday,…

August 29, 2017

Local News

CHAS to share information with Durango, Cortez

Part of a statewide tour, a team of experts from Colorado Health Access Survey will visit Durango and Cortez Sept.…

August 25, 2017

Living

AHEC to offer ‘mini med school’

Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center will offer a free, eight-week program, “Mini Med School,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m.…

August 25, 2017

Local News

Cortez DJ to be honored at country awards show

Barbara Richhart named “DJ of the Year”

August 25, 2017

Local News

Update: ‘Raptors of Mesa Verde’ canceled

Wildlife program manager will speak

August 25, 2017

Living

Cowboy gathering seeks parade entries

The Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering seeks entries for Coloradoâ€™s largest non-motorized parade, to be held Oct. 7. Entries are free.…

August 22, 2017

Business

Mountain Capital Partners hires mountain bike director

Koesis Officials with Mountain Capital Partners recently announced that Hogan Koesis was hired as mountain bike director for its resorts:…

August 19, 2017

Business

Four Corners Community Bank hires two

Four Corners Community Bank recently hired Marsha Chaffin and Jackie Cook of Cortez to its staff. Chaffin, a longtime Montezuma…

August 19, 2017

Business

SCAPE to hold entrepreneurial-support event

Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs will hold its 2017 Startup Showcase and Investor Social from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.,…

August 19, 2017