The Cortez Journal

Free entrance to Mesa Verde next week

National Park Week kicks off this weekend with waived entrance fees at Mesa Verde National Park on Saturday and Sunday. National Park Week is held April 18-26. “This is a great ti...

Metate Room restaurant opens for 2015 season

The Far View Lodge at Mesa Verde National Park opened this week, including the award-winning Metate Room restaurant with its grand vistas. Known for its contemporary menu, the Met...

Embezzler gets a year in prison

Former Empire employee Balderrama also owes $64,477

Registration begins for birding fest

Dust off your bird books and binoculars and get ready for the 11th Annual Ute Mountain-Mesa Verde Birding Festival, May 6-10, 2015. Organizers recently announced the lineup for t...

Utes awarded $200K conservation grant

Money targeted for wildlife management

Craig Childs to Perform at Sunflower Theatre

Benefit for Theatre and Friends of Cedar Mesa

Actor Carradine, wife injured in Dolores collision

CSP: Carradine ticketed for careless driving

Cortez resident celebrates 100th birthday in style

SCCC cosmetology students treat Margaret Potter to hair and nails work

Cortez Journal wins 4 AP awards

The Cortez Journal won four awards last month in the annual Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters contest held in Denver. Journal photographer Sam Green was awarded seco...

Oil, gas meeting set for March 26

A community oil-and-gas meeting will be held at 7 p.m. March 26 at the county annex on the corner of Chestnut Street and Montezuma Avenue in Cortez. The focus of the meeting will...

Storm shuts down area schools

Winter storm warning remains in effect until midnight

Osprey expanding Cortez headquarters

Outdoors company planning 14 jobs