Cortez

Mesa Verde prescribed burn scheduled for October

For The Journal Mesa Verde National Park fire management staff is planning to implement a prescribed fire during the month…

Dolores River meeting Sept. 30

Prominent water attorney and legislative expert David Robbins will present a legal review of preservation efforts for the Lower Dolores…

Balcony House sunrise tour scheduled

For The Journal Mesa Verde National Park will offer a Sunrise Tour of Balcony House cliff dwelling on Oct. 12.…

League hosts hospital discussion

For The Journal The League of Women Voters will meet on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 9 am, at the Community…

Ads for marijuana go airborne over radio

Stations must follow rules for pot shops

Star burns bright for 118 years

Dolores will continue to shine in The Journal

Mercy to offer free prediabetes education

For The Journal People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.…

Leadership Montezuma turns 21

For The Journal Continuing its 21-year legacy, Leadership Montezuma launched the 2015-2016 class year as 18 new people joined in…

Community Calendar

Hula party<br><br> Brandon Reynolds, Sylvia Cossid and Averie Barnard learn to hula dance during a party at Vista Grande Inn…

Letters to the Editor

Story showed what sports should be

What an inspiring story (“Team gives opponent a TD to remember,” Journal, Sept. 18.) This illustrates exactly what high school…

Letters to the Editor

The life-expectancy gap is becoming a problem

WASHINGTON – And now comes the life-expectancy gap. It may change the national conversation over Social Security and an aging…

Editorials

Sage grouse

Federal decision recognizes collaborative efforts to protect bird

Letters to the Editor

Watch ‘Pandora’s Promise’ to see future

Twitter and Facebook litter and waste our reason to extinction. Go ahead. Google it. Find out what you already know…

City seeks grant for School to Farm at Mesa

GOCO money would help fund Mesa Elementary garden

BLM scrutiny of county galls commissioners

Officials to resist oil-and-gas plan

Balloons over Mancos

A balloon from the 11th annual Mancos Valley Balloon Festival glides over an open field south of U.S. Highway 160…

City audit shows strong 2014 finances

General fund revenues up 18 percent

High School Sports

Rudosky misses tourney as golf season wraps up

Cristoffer Rudosky was in a tight spot entering the 17th hole during the Class 4 Western Regional Tournament on Tuesday.…

Living

Foot care

Bobbi Antholz has her feet examined by Registered Nurse Colette Wyatt at the Cortez Senior Center. The Montezuma County Health…

Living

Learning at Luau

Brandon Reynolds, Sylvia Cossid and Averie Barnard learn to hula dance during the Luau party at Vista Grande Wednesday. Residents…

Living

Fall’s crisp bite

Three-year-old Kash Blackmer takes a bite out of an apple Saturday at the CSU Research Station’s annual “U-Pick” event.Sam Green/Cortez…

High School Sports

Runners fighting illness, injuries

Panthers race at Shiprock and Blanding

High School Sports

M-CHS falls to Monticello

Panthers positive after loss