Cortez

State’s schools expand search for teachers

Cash-strapped rural districts focus on incentives

Girl Scout advocates new status quo

Ninth-grader’s project earns Silver Award

An legacy of debt

Student debt traps parents and kids into a ‘second mortgage’

Panthers heading to Pagosa Springs

Emphasis on offense is key against Pirates

Court briefs

Motion denied in homicide case The court rejected a defense argument to disqualify the district attorney from prosecuting a woman…

Suspect in attempted murder is denied child visitation

With attempted murder charges pending, a Cortez man has been denied visitation with his daughter. At a scheduled preliminary hearing…

Bridge shelter reopens Monday

Shelter provides lodging, meals

‘Ride for the Bern’

Woman campaigns for Bernie Sanders on horseback

Community calendar

Every Saturday<br><br>The Cortez Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to sellout through October in the courthouse parking…

The Best of Cortez and Montezuma County

Just what is going up in smoke?

2 years into legal pot use, state isn’t testing pesticides

Economy flux after Gold King spill?

Losses will ripple through region, officials say

How does Durango get its water?

$50 million water plant needed to back up current facility

Fracking has a big water footprint, but that’s not the whole story

A new study finds other energy extraction methods have a bigger impact.

Briefs

Old Journal photos go on display Oct. 22 The Montezuma County Historical Society has hundreds of black-and-white photo negatives donated…

Officials host NCA forum

Fate of Lower Dolores River hangs in balance

Towaoc blaze displaces 7 families

Seven families were displaced Saturday after a fire destroyed an apartment complex in Towaoc. “There were no injuries,” said Ute…

Panthers softball team loses two double-headers

Final game at Durango on Tuesday

Area runners compete in Mancos meet

Mancos, Dolores and M-CHS teams run in Chicken Creek Challenge

Panthers’ electrifying start fades into homecoming loss

M-CHS defense keeps it close, offense struggles

Fall Junior Golf Clinic

Conquistador Golf Course Ages 6-17 $5 each session or $10 for all four sessions Friday, Oct. 9 Tuesday, Oct. 13…

High school highlights

Scoreboard Football Friday, Oct. 2 M-CHS vs. Gunnison L, 6-28 Dove Creek vs. Hoehne W, 28-24 Mancos vs. Sargent L,…

Homecoming royalty

Fire starters

Southwest Open School students Isaac Burrell and Nick Martinez try their hands at starting a fire the ancestral Pueblo way…