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Montezuma County Tri-Chamber of Commerce announces Love Local campaign

The Journal The Montezuma County Tri-Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Cortez Retail Enhancement Association to launch #LoveLocalMontezuma, a hashtag and social-media marketi...

Photos: Crew in Hesperus ready to respond quickly to wildfires

Police pursuit law divides New Mexico Supreme Court

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a state law making it a felony to flee a pursuing law enforcement officer requires police to be wearing a uniform and drivin...

New Mexico official inks leases for Western Spirit wind farm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has signed a series of leases with the developer of a proposed wind farm that's expected to generate at least $1...

Video shows police struggle with man who died in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Video recently released by authorities in Las Cruces, New Mexico, shows a traffic stop and struggle with police that led to the death of Antonio Valenzuela after he r...

Trinity Lutheran Church to reopen for in-person services

The Journal Trinity Lutheran Church will reopen for in-person services at 9 a.m. Sunday. The handicap ramp will be used as a one-way entry point. There will also be a ...

Mesa Verde Museum Association Bookstore to reopen

The Journal The Mesa Verde Museum Association Bookstore, at the Visitor and Research Center, reopened as a temporary outdoor store from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday throu...

It’s fear-mongering anti-wolf propaganda

While we are all hunkered down to endure COVID-19, opponents to wolf restoration in Colorado are resorting to hyperbolic horror stories about hydatid disease in a desperate attempt to dissua...

Let Trump lead us back from this brink

I was upset by Mr. Waggoner’s letter (“ I liked President Trump’s efforts to be positive for us. He spoke of hopes that COVID would go away. His administration did have many things under co...

Rule of five

At least one branch of government seems to be working as it should

New funding available farmers and others hit hard by pandemic

The Journal A new, rapid-response fund administered by the Colorado Farm and Food Systems Response Team will provide up to $5,000 for producers to adjust to COVID-specific needs. ...

Cortez Public Library to host ‘Seeing White’ virtual discussion

The Journal Cortez Public Library and Cortez Cultural Center will host a moderated, online forum for community discussion based on Scene on Radio’s podcast series “Seeing White” f...