Cortez

New technology aims to slow damage to O’Keeffe works

SANTA FE – Chemical reactions are gradually darkening many of Georgia O’Keeffe’s famously vibrant paintings, and art conservation experts are…

January 3, 2018

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Charges filed against driver suspected in Montezuma County DUI crash

Woman suffered spinal injury in Christmas Eve crash

January 3, 2018

Local News

Native Americans face harsh reality of sexual violence

The current national conversation about sexual assault is incomplete without discussing violence against Native American women. Often in Native communities,…

January 3, 2018

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Mesa Verde plans prescribed fire

Mesa Verde National Park is planning a prescribed fire, weather permitting. The one-acre fire will take place in the Chapin…

January 3, 2018

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VA document says Colorado gunman had fled mental ward

DENVER – The gunman who killed a Colorado sheriff’s deputy escaped from the mental health ward of a VA hospital…

January 3, 2018

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Mother killed in ATV crash south of Durango identified

Arizona woman was visiting relatives

January 2, 2018

Local News

Cortez, Durango consider impacts of higher minimum wage

Cortez chamber worries about job creation in rural Colorado

January 2, 2018

Looking back

Life in Big Bend and the young Cortez in 1885

The J. W. Hanna place at 24 South Beech St. in Cortez. The building, built before 1900, was adjacent to…

January 2, 2018

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Mancos Public Library will host a free government course

Four-part series begins Wednesday

January 2, 2018

Local News

Most big public colleges don’t track suicides, AP finds

Students arriving on campus less prepared for the rigors of college

January 2, 2018

Local News

Utah’s Hatch to retire, opening door to Romney

Hatch played a role in scaling back national monuments

January 2, 2018

Local News

Montezuma County Christmas party ends in scuffle

Two injured when fight erupts during cornhole game

January 2, 2018

For the record

Sheriff Blotter

Friday, Dec. 22 9:34 a.m.: A man was arrested on a warrant at Montezuma County Combined Courts, 865 N. Park…

January 2, 2018

Local News

Investigators seek cause of deadly bus crash in Utah desert

Teen girl from California died in crash; 12 injured

January 2, 2018

Local News

Gunman made videos calling 911, confronting deputies

Colorado authorities were warned of gunman’s mental state

January 2, 2018

Local News

Winter Tales and Foreign Film Nights return to Dolores Public Library

The Dolores Public Library.The Journal file The popular outdoors and travel lecture series “Winter Tales” will return to the Dolores…

January 1, 2018

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Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families find a home

Chapter renovated four homes, is building a new one

January 1, 2018

Local News

Cortez Western writer bringing back dime novel

Bertrand’s ranching trilogy wins another award

January 1, 2018

Local News

Road Runner bus line to join state network

Bustang statewide network coming to Cortez, Dolores, Mancos

January 1, 2018

State Nation World

Trump administration rescinding rules for oil, gas drilling

Ed Andrieski/Associated Press file CHEYENNE – President Donald Trump’s administration is rescinding proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing and other oil-…

January 1, 2018