Cortez

Outdoors agencies team up for Fresh Air Friday

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office are teaming up to offer…

November 23, 2015

Community Calendar

Email announcements to news@the-journal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance…

November 23, 2015

Local News

Panel meets on oil and gas

Citizens urge BLM to plan for additional protections

November 23, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Mancos chorus, M-CHS choirs join for concert SouthWest Colorado Concerts, Inc. presents a partnership between the Mancos Valley Chorus and…

November 23, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Mancos Valley Chorus, M-CHS choirs combine for concert

For The Journal SouthWest Colorado Concerts, Inc. presents a partnership between the Mancos Valley Chorus and the M-CHS concert and…

November 23, 2015

Education

Sen. Bennet on conference committee that advances No Child reform measure

Bennet says bill ends ‘one size fits all’ federal policy

November 23, 2015

Local News

Volunteers prepare a community feast

Priest Leigh Waggoner helps put away turkeys donated by Jim Mischke for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner…

November 23, 2015

Local News

Drive-by gunfire on Main Street

A man sweeps up glass at the Fiesta Theatre after apparent drive-by gunfire hit eight Main Street businesses about 7:30…

November 23, 2015

State Nation World

Mark Redwine files to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit in death of son, Dylan Redwine

Says statute of limitations has expired

November 23, 2015

Local News

Only light snow expected in Colorado for Thanksgiving

But heavy pre-turkey day traffic shouldn’t surprise

November 23, 2015

Columnists

Fact Check: Democratic candidates miss on dollars, common sense

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, left, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Martin O’Malley take the stage before a Democratic presidential primary…

November 20, 2015

Faith

Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful

Wendy Montgomery, a Mormon mother of a gay teenage son, says the mixed messages feel like emotional whiplash and have…

November 20, 2015

Faith

Santa Fe archbishop: ‘Spotlight’ to bring up church’s dark past

Film details newspaper’s investigation of sexual abuse

November 20, 2015

Powerful solutions

Winter survival depends on animals’ ability to adapt

To survive the winter months, animals hibernate, migrate or adapt to seasonal conditions. The snowshoe hare turns white and puts…

November 20, 2015

Community Calendar

The Turkey Trot<br><br>The For Pets’ Sake Humane Society’s Cortez Turkey Trot fundraiser is 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day at the Parque…

November 20, 2015

Local News

Wright, Montano take school board oaths tonight

Re-1 board interviews delayed

November 20, 2015

Local News

Baxstrom is denied defender in domestic violence

Defense attorney tests patience of county judge

November 19, 2015

Local News

Police stun pedestrian 5 times

After instructing a disoriented and intoxicated man to vacate a Main Street parking lot, Cortez police officers followed the subject…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Taste of the Seasons decks halls for 17th year

Event benefits local United Way charities

November 19, 2015

Local News

Yucca House expansion, access point delayed

Mesa Verde superintendent says it’s up to Congress

November 19, 2015

Local News

Metal sediment unlikely to dissolve

FLC professors plan research on effects on plants

November 17, 2015

Local News

Ryan Frazier joins U.S. Senate race in Colorado

Ex-councilman seeks GOP nod

November 17, 2015

Local News

Regulators discuss proposed rules meant to ease oil and gas conflicts

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission began hearings Monday on proposals designed to address complaints that arise as Colorado’s…

November 17, 2015

More Sports

Outdoors Briefs

Parks, Wildlife offers holiday incentive Colorado Parks and Wildlife will offer a 2015 holiday incentive of a free Colorado Outdoors…

November 17, 2015