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Forest service won’t oppose state plan to buy air tankers

A slurry bomber dumps on the Weber Fire last year. The state is considering buying their own slurry bombers.Sam Green/Cortez…

Distance ed stretches from Cortez to Samoa

A delegation from Samoa visited the Unlimited Learning Center Monday. In front are Minister of Education, Sports & Culture, Mauiliu…

Locals only

Osprey draws an outdoorsy crowd for popular clearance pack sale

Probation for Baird in sexual assault

A district court judge accepted the plea agreement of Dolores resident Colin Baird on Thursday, regarding an incident of inappropriate…

‘Do it yourself’

Commissionerswon’t pay $2,075 to bring inhazard-plan grant

Sponsors water down mental-health gun bill

DENVER – Legislators at last began moving on the final piece of their gun violence agenda Tuesday with the first…

Election-reform bill advances to full House

DENVER – Democrats advanced an election bill Monday night that would replace neighborhood polling places with mail ballots. La Plata…

State senate sends Medicaid expansion bill to House

DENVER – The state senate voted Monday to expand government health insurance for the poor, a key part of the…

Sen. Udall seeks drought aid

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Monday…

Law requires officers to train for dog encounters

DENVER – Brittany Moore’s German Shepherd, Ava, was standing in the driveway with a rawhide bone in her mouth when…

State wants its own slurry bombers

Journal/Sam Green A slurry bomber dumps on Meneffee Mountain last year during the Weber fire. DENVER – Wanted: Three reasonably priced,…

April 16, 2013

Tipton pushes wildfire-prevention bill

WASHINGTON – Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention…

April 16, 2013

Tipton pushes forward on wildfire prevention bill

WASHINGTON – Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention…

State wants its own slurry bombers

Journal/Sam Green A slurry bomber dumps on Meneffee Mountain last year during the Weber fire. The state is considering buying their…

Young leaders concoct ‘Green Scheme’

Shopping locally is focus of High School Leadership Montezuma project

Irrigators, rafters face bleak summer

2012 decision to draw down lake brings low releases this year

State legislator loses water fight with Forest Service bigwigs

DENVER – Lobbying from the very highest level of the U.S. Forest Service has scuttled a state representative’s bid to…

Dems vote to expand rural renewable-energy mandate

DENVER – Top Democrats in the Legislature moved Monday to expand renewable-energy mandates in rural Colorado, which has more lenient…

Scavenging ‘buzzards’ herald spring

A TURKEY VULTURE surveys the area from the top of a fence post. The vultures return each year late in…

Praise for Haukeness

CMS principal lauded for ingenuity, student performance

County administrator quits abruptly

Harrisondu1-i-syn Harrison steps down; reasons undisclosed By Luke Groskopf Journal Staff Writer Montezuma County Administrator Ashton Harrison resigned unexpectedly Tuesday…