Jim Haug
Position: Staff reporter

Ballantine Communications enacts executive changes

Ballantine Communications Inc., which publishes the Cortez Journal, made several changes to its executive staff Wednesday, Oct. 16, as the company seeks to improve efficiency and streamline...

Are pot opportunities going up in smoke?

Tourists may choose towns embracing recreational marijuana sales

Horse lives on through student’s honored artwork

When Ayesha Clark was 12 years old, her horse, Red Star, disappeared, presumably stolen in the night. Six years later, Red Star is still missing, but not completely gone from her ...

New business boosts web visibility of Cortez

Southwest Colorado and Albania are a world apart, but perhaps not so different when it comes to the World Wide Web. Derek Alvarez, a recent arrival in Cortez, noticed some similar...

Gun show anticipates 4,000 people and 125 vendors

Event can offer something for everyone

School site offers lesson on the area’s distant past

Pueblo with kiva found at future M-CHS location

Commissioners consider old school for courthouse

New construction also being discussed

Distance ed stretches from Cortez to Samoa

Long-distance education in Cortez has typically meant taking a class by video conference from Utah State University at the Unlimited Learning Center on East Second Street. On Mond...