Author - The Journal
Bailey Duran
Position: Special to The Journal

Sexual Assault Services Organization expands to Montezuma and Dolores counties

SASO was receiving calls from local residents needing help navigating trauma

Third annual memorial butterfly release set for Boyle Park in Mancos

480 butterflies will be released by participants

Sheriff’s blotter

Sunday, Aug. 9 3:36 a.m.: A deputy responded to the 8000 block of Road 25 and initiated a traffic stop at 1115 E. Main St. in Cortez on a vehicle after observing suspicious driving. The male...

San Juan National Forest acquires 80-acre Fall Creek parcel

Funding for purchase came from Land and Water Conservation Fund with support from local groups

Upcoming event in Dolores focuses on protecting children from exploitation

Beyond Trafficking and the Southwest Colorado Trafficking Task Force to host educational session

Downtown Cortez to host sixth annual Play Music on the Porch Day

The event will take place all across Main Street

One point separates Lawrence brothers for championship after Motocross races at Budds Creek

The final weekend of racing for the 2026 season takes place on Saturday

Cortez man arrested after allegedly firing shots during standoff with police

One round fired within a few feet of officers

Police blotter

Wednesday, Aug. 12 9:27 p.m.: An officer responded to the amphitheater behind the Cortez Recreation Center, 425 N. Roger Smith Ave., for a disturbance that was unfounded. A woman contacted t...

Sheriff’s blotter

Saturday, Aug. 1 3:38 p.m.: A deputy responded to the Montezuma County Detention Center, 730 E. Driscoll St., Cortez, after a woman reported a man calling her from a jail phone in violation ...

Montezuma-Cortez Board of Education names middle school principal Andrew Pearson interim superintendent

Board formally accepts resignation of previous superintendent

Montezuma-Cortez board rejects interim elementary reading curriculum plan

Teachers at Lewis-Arriola Elementary ‘in tears’ over number of program changes needed, principal says