Jim Mimiaga
Position: Journal staff writer

CMS students show off folk art talent in Day of Dead

Art and Spanish language students at Cortez Middle school showed off their talent in a Day of the Dead art contest held Nov. 1 at El Burro Pancho, a Mexican restaurant in Cortez. ...

Bus will go to Grand Junction

Daily round-trip route from Durango will pass through Cortez, Dolores, Rico

Heart takes Ute oath, says tribes need to coordinate efforts

TOWAOC — The booming beats of the Catching Eagle Drum Circle introduced Manuel Heart, the newly elected Ute Mountain Ute Tribal chairman, in an impressive swearing-in ceremony Friday morning...

Latest devices hogging the air

Demand for broadband frequencies to power the latest mobile devices could muscle out local television channels depended on by rural communities, industry officials say. As million...

Residents question trails proposal

Town officials stress plan 'not set in stone'

Snow, rain a good start for upcoming winter

Above-average precipitation for August and September, and near average rainfall for October, has put the region at 114 percent of normal for the year, reports Cortez meteorologist Jim Andrus...

Development rights face test in county commission

Dolores Planning Commission looks for ways to add flexibility

Dolores coffee shop will celebrate 1-year mark with Halloween party

Dolores had been sorely missing a bona fide coffee shop for years, but that all changed last autumn when Theresa Howell and husband Mark Looper came to town. One year ago the tale...

Kinder Morgan loses tax appeal

County can keep additional $2M from 2008

Development rights face test in county commission

Dolores Planning Commission looks for ways to add flexibility

Terrific trails + toilets = tons of tourists

Urban planner: Everyone appreciates nice, clean restrooms

Thinking snow: Ski areas begin gearing up for season

Ski aficionados rejoice. Moisture is in the air, temperatures are dropping, the mountains are snow-capped and the upcoming ski season is just around the corner. Here are brief sum...