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Montezuma-Cortez’s Rodney Ritthaler inducted into Bandmasters Hall of Fame

The Journal Retired music educator and Montezuma Cortez High School Band Director Rodney Ritthaler was recently awarded the prestigious Colorado Bandmasters Association’s 2020 Hal...

Mancos Public Library shares author talk with Victor Loun

The Journal Mancos Public Library has posted its author talk and interview with local author Victor Loun online at bit.ly/2DU2wFN. Loun is a former high school English ...

Dolores Public Library reopens

The Journal Dolores Public Library Board of Trustees met July 14 and adopted the phased reopening plan created by the new Library Director Dr. Sean E. Gantt. Under this reopening ...

Sheriff’s Blotter

Saturday, June 13 3:16 p.m. A warrant was issued for a man on suspicion of using an active restraining order and his cell phone to harass, manipulate and threaten a woman in the 136...

Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Historic Preservation Office now online

The Journal Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Historic Preservation Office is now online with a LinkedIn profile and a website. History Colorado provided support for the developm...

CDOT completes improved parking project at two rest areas on U.S. 160

The Journal The Colorado Department of Transportation and contract partner Four Corners Materials have completed the U.S. Highway 160 rest area truck parking enhancements project...

Complaints prompt Polis promise to clean state Capitol

DENVER (AP) — The state Capitol will be cleaned and washed “as quickly as possible," a spokesperson for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said, after a Republican lawmaker and others complained bitt...

Farmington Indian Center to reopen for call-in, take-out orders

The city of Farmington reopened the Farmington Indian Center restaurant Tuesday for call-in take-out orders. Indoor seating at restaurants is temporarily prohibited by the latest public heal...

Dolores Chamber of Commerce announces community-wide yard sale and farmers market

The Journal The Dolores Chamber of Commerce as announced a community-wide yard sale and farmers market set to take the place of Escalante Days on Aug. 8, with businesses, resident...

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered in Cortez

The Journal Montezuma County Public Health Department and Southwest Health Systems will host free drive-up COVID-19 testing from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Southwest Health Sys...

These animals are counting on you now

For Pets’ Sake Humane Society’s annual membership drive is happening right now, and we need your support! Celebrating 36 years of service, we have managed to keep going in the face of a pand...

‘Irresistible’

The new movie gets critics’ goats for being caught out of time – but is it?