Jim Mimiaga
Position: Journal staff writer

Mary Dodd is named chairperson of the year by Colorado Democrats

Increased participation got attention of party officials

Grace’s soup kitchen to host fundraiser April 28

Soups of Cortez will serve up specialty soups from chefs

Three Montezuma County offices will go to four-day week schedule

County clerk, assessor and treasurer departments will close Friday

Boaters and ecologists plan for whitewater season on Lower Dolores River

Runoff will fill McPhee Reservoir, and a release below the dam is planned for boaters and river health

Cortez Workforce Center will host job fair April 19 at county annex

Dozens of employers and workforce training programs offer job and career opportunities

Farmers will get full water supply, grapple with late spring

Snow on fields delays farming season; grant program offers deal for more efficient sprinkler nozzles

Mesa snowmelt overwhelms Dolores in valley below

Community rallies to fill sandbags, redirect floodwaters; no injuries reported

ZU Gallery to host young artist exhibit

Student Lily Sandner will showcase artwork April 21-30; realism and character design are her muse

Lingering winter delays opening of McPhee Reservoir boat ramp

Bay is iced over, and roads drifted with snow; invasive mussels found on Western Slope

Flooded roads get repairs; $2.3 million bridge project to begin

Montezuma County and CDOT are busy repairing roads and bridges

Colorado Highway 184 is reopened after repair

New culvert installed; flooding caused three-week closure

Southwest Memorial Hospital relocates Park Street clinic to main campus

Patients will see providers at Medical Office Building starting May 8; hospital’s Interventional Spine services will discontinue this summer