Alanon Group
27514 E Hwy 160
High Country Village
2nd & 4th Tuesday 7-8 p.m.
970-565-3128 

CORTEZ AA FELLOWSHIP
Tues. Thurs. & Sat. 8 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
208 N. Dolores Road
1-888-333-9649

Dolores AA Fellowship
WED 7:00 p.m.
Open Meeting.
Dolores Community Center
Riverside Entrance

HOPE NOT DOPE
NA GROUP
Fridays - 7:00 p.m.
St. Barnabus Episcopal Church, 110 W. North St. Cortez

Hospice of Montezuma offers BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT, men's and women's groups. Info: 970-565-4400

Sunlight Group AA
Mon, Thurs & Sat 10:00 am
St. Barnabas Episcopal 110 W. North St, courtyard, downstairs

Towaoc AA meets on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Support for alcohol or drugs, open meeting, men or women. 322 Spruce St. Call 970-560-5239 for info.

Ute Mountain Group AA
High Country Storage Plaza
27518 E. Hwy 160
EVERY DAY @ NOON
MON @ 7 p.m. Beginners

RENEW: Free & confidential counseling to domestic violence victims & survivors of sexual assault. WINGS Safehouse.
24 hour hotline: 970-565-2100.

HAY FOR SALE. Alfalfa, 3 wire. Sell all or part. $10 per bale. 25635 Road T. Call 970-560-5957 for info.

For Pets' Sake Humane
Society has DOG HOUSES
Available for Local Dogs
in Need of Shelter. If you
or someone you know
can’t afford a Dog House
call: 970-565-PETS/7387.
Dogs must be Spayed or
Neutered to qualify.
We can help with that too!

Aspen & Pine FIREWOOD - FALL SPECIAL -  Dry, PINE, split. $185 per cord. ASPEN $210 per cord. Free local delivery. 970-560-0037 970-570-3254 

OFFICE SPACE for rent in Mancos. Professional office building with highway frontage. $585 per mo + utils. 970-884-8000

3BR 2BA on 3 acres near Mancos. NS, no pets, refs & background check required. Deposit + first & last month. Avail Oct. 1. Call or text 970-533-7774

Kilgore American Indian Art
Kelly Kilgore
Appraisals & Sales
602-448-2182 970-533-9138
kilgoreamericanindianart.net
kellyindianart@gmail.com
Mancos, Colorado
100 W. Grand Ave.

CONSTRUCTION WASTE HAULING
Contract Environmental Services, Inc.
30cy/40cy Roll-off container service.
Asbestos building inspection.
Landfarm/Landfill
970-565-1198
www.contractenv.com

Heating & Cooling
Sales, Service, Installation
Commercial & Residential
970-882-8859
Specializing in Ductless Mini Split Systems

30897
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF 2026 BUDGET — TOWN OF DOLORES
Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Town Board of the Town of Dolores for the fiscal year 2026. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection at the Town Hall, located at 601 Central Avenue, Dolores, Colorado, during regular business hours.
The Town Board will consider the proposed budget at 5:30 PM on Monday, October 13, 2025, at the Dolores Town Hall. Any interested elector of the Town of Dolores may inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption.
/s/ Kelley Unrein
Dolores Town Treasurer
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025 and October 8, 2025

31038
Public Notice

Town of Mancos
Ordinance #789 Series 2025

Notice is hereby given that on
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
at Mancos Town Hall the Planning Commission will consider Ordinance #789 Series 2025

Mancos Municipal Code
Town of Mancos
Ordinance #789 Series 2025

AN ORDINANCE MAKING CERTAIN TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF MANCOS LAND USE CODE CONCERNING RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS

A copy of Ordinance #789
Series 2025 is available for
review at:

Mancos Town Hall
117 N. Main St.
Mancos, CO or
www.mancoscolorado.com

Published in The Journal
October 1 and October 8, 2025

31045
NOTICE OF INTENT FOR A CONTINUOUS PROGRAM TO INCREASE WINTER PRECIPITATION
Western Weather Consultants L.L.C. (WWC), P.O. BOX 58, Durango, CO 81302, has applied to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for renewal of its five-year permit to conduct ground-based precipitation enhancement in the San Juan Mountains for the following entities: Dolores Water Conservancy District, Southwestern Water Conservation District, Telluride Skiing Co, Purgatory Resort, Montezuma Valley Irrigation Co, Animas La Plata Water Conservancy District, Pine River Irrigation District, Florida Water Conservancy District, Florida Consolidated Ditch Company, and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.
WWC’s Manager, Head of Operations, and Director of Field Operations will oversee the program, and WWC is the Permit Holder.
The primary target area for the five-year Weather Modification Permit is the San Juan Mountains above 8,500 feet, mainly targeting the upper regions of the West Dolores, San Miguel, Dolores, La Plata, Animas, Florida, Pine, San Juan, and Blanco River Basins, as well as Telluride and Purgatory Ski Resorts.
The Colorado Weather Modification Rules and Regulations 2 CCR 401-1 (Rule 7) require that this notice be published in counties affected by the operations and adjacent counties: Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, San Juan, San Miguel, Conejos, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, Rio Grande, and Saguache.
The program will run from November 1 to April 15 each year through 2030. Safety measures are in place for severe conditions, avalanche danger, and snowpack thresholds. The Permit Holder must annually supply emergency managers with an operational plan and coordinate with the CWCB to ensure safe operations as directed by the Colorado Revised Statutes.
The intended effect of all operations is to increase precipitation and snowpack water content in the primary target area, benefiting natural habitats, agriculture, municipal water supplies, stock growers, recreation, tourism, and the local economy.
Complete details are available from WWC by mail or by emailing westernweather@gmail.com. The CWCB will conduct a public hearing on the permit renewal application on October 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom. Comments can be submitted to Andrew Rickert, CWCB, 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 718, Denver, CO 80203, at 720-651-1918, or by emailing andrew.rickert@state.co.us to obtain Zoom access.
Published in The Journal October 1 and 8, 2025

31047
ORDINANCE NO. 1346
SERIES 2025

An ordinance amending the Code, Ordinances, Resolutions, Guidelines, and Protocols of the City of Cortez, Colorado to allow City Councilmembers to participate in council meetings remotely via videoconferencing or other electronic means
Ordinance No. 1346, Series 2025, was approved on second and final reading on September 23, 2025. A complete copy of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 123 Roger Smith Avenue, Cortez.
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

31049
ORDINANCE NO. 1347
SERIES 2025

An ordinance amending the Code of the City of Cortez, Colorado, regulating natural medicine healing centers, cultivation facilities, product manufacturing, testing facilities, and any other related license or permit involving natural medicine, which includes, without limitation, psilocybin or psilocin
Ordinance No. 1347, Series 2025, was approved on second and final reading on September 23, 2025. A complete copy of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 123 Roger Smith Avenue, Cortez.
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

31050
ORDINANCE NO. 1348
SERIES 2025
An ordinance amending the Code of the City of Cortez, Colorado regarding distance measurements and signage for medical and retail marijuana establishments
Ordinance No. 1348, Series 2025, was approved on second and final reading on September 23, 2025. A complete copy of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 123 Roger Smith Avenue, Cortez.
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

31059
PUBLIC NOTICE
Cortez Mini Storage 6894 Rd-24, Cortez, CO. By default of tenant contract, will sell or otherwise dispose of stored items in the following units, in accordance with the law, and as the facility owner sees fit.
Kathy Ketchum, Units B-J,B-31,B-13/30,650 E. 2nd St,Cortez CO 81321 owing $1,063
Laurinda Gray, Units A-18/31,B-1,A-15/34,A-45,P.O.Box 137,Cortez CO 81321 owing $555
Tenants and associates are no longer allowed on premises unless accompanied by manager. Payment must be received by 5:00PM on 10/18/25, in cash or money order, to stop the disposal of personal items.
Published in The Journal on 10/1/25 and 10/8/25.

31063
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

2025 AIRPORT NORTH HANGAR PERIMETER FENCE
AND EMERGENCY GATE REPLACEMENT

Project # GS – ASF – 25 – 04

Sealed bids for furnishing the following to the City of Cortez, Colorado will be received at the Office of the General Services Director, City Service Center, 110 West Progress Circle, Cortez, Colorado, 81321, until 3:00 P.M. MDT, on Monday, October 6, 2025, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read.

SCOPE OF WORK: Provide labor and furnish all materials and equipment necessary to install 1,200 linear feet of security fencing (96-inch-high chain-link fencing with three barbwire strands at the top). Scope of work also includes the installation of an automatic entrance gate with new key pad operator and maglock pedestrian gate adjacent to airport operations office, in addition to removing and replacing the north emergency access gate along County Road G. The work is located at the Cortez Municipal Airport, 22894 Road F, Cortez, Colorado.

Bids shall be submitted in writing and signed by the bidder or its duly authorized agent. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes, and marked on the outside with “BID: 2025 Airport North Hangar Perimeter Fence and Emergency Gate Replacement Project,” and with the bidder's name.

The City of Cortez reserves the right to waive any formality or any informality in the process of awarding a bid. The City of Cortez reserves the right to accept any bid, in whole or in part, and to reject any or all bids if it be deemed in the best interest of the City to do so.

Casey Simpson
General Services Director
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

31116
MONTEZUMA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing for review and determination of regarding a proposed Subdivision Amendment & Rezoning Application to Lot 2 of the Lynch Minor Subdivision, 1st Amended, submitted by Paul Abate & Staci Cost, on property located at 14587 Road 29.75, Dolores, CO, consisting of 21.05 acres, more or less, located south of Road R and east of Road 29, situated in Section 33, Township 37N, Range 15W, N.M.P.M. The hearing will be held Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 9:00am, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Montezuma County Administrative Offices, 109 W. Main, Cortez, CO. Interested persons may attend and give input. Information may be obtained from the Planning Office on-line service at you may also contact the Planning Dept. at (970) 565-2801 with questions.
Dated this 18th day of September 2025
/s/ Kim Percell, Clerk,
Board of County Commissioners
Montezuma County, CO
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

31120
MONTEZUMA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing for review and determination of regarding a proposed 3 Lot Minor Subdivision and Rezoning Application, submitted by Tracy Westfall; agent: Cheyenne Stowers, on property located at 22252 Road 22, Lewis, CO, consisting of 36.54 acres, more or less, located south of Road Z and east of Hwy 491, situated in Section 20, Township 38N, Range 16W, N.M.P.M. The hearing will be held Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 9:10am, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Montezuma County Administrative Offices, 109 W. Main, Cortez, CO. Interested persons may attend and give input. Information may be obtained from the Planning Office on-line service at you may also contact the Planning Dept. at (970) 565-2801 with questions.
Dated this 17th day of September 2025
/s/ Kim Percell, Clerk,
Board of County Commissioners
Montezuma County, CO
Published in The Journal October 1, 2025

30808
District Court, Montezuma County, State of Colorado
Court Address:
865 N. Park Street
Cortez, CO 81321
970-565-1111

Case Number: 25CV30044
Plaintiff: EIRIN WARD, MADISON SAMRA ARVIZU, and JESSIE ARVIZU SORIA
v.
Defendants: BRYAN E. LEWIS, RONNIE WARREN HURST aka RONNIE HURST, RACHEL HURST, STEVEN HURST, LANA HURST, ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, A CORPORATION, STEVEN R. MCCOY and UNKNOWN PERSONS

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: UNKNOWN PERSONS

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action regarding Plaintiff’s Rule 105 Quiet Title Action potentially affecting title to real property. The Property description appears as follows:

Plaintiff, Eirin Ward, Parcel:

A tract of land in the NW1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, N.M.P.M., being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the NW1/4 of said Section 8, from which point the NW Corner of said Section 8 bears North 88° 20’ 00” West a distance of 1227.65 feet;
THENCE South 01° 36’ 00” West a distance of 1377.75 feet;
THENCE South 85° 44’ 00” East a distance of 596.01 feet;
THENCE North 01° 36’ 00” East a distance of 1404.78 feet
THENCE North 88° 20’ 00” West a distance of 595.36 feet to the point of beginning.

LESS AND EXCEPT a tract of land in the NW1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, N.M.P.M., being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the NW1/4 of said Section 8, from which point the NW Corner of said Section 8 bears North 52° 01’ 40” West a distance of 1524.68 feet;
THENCE South 01° 36’ 00” West a distance of 475.00 feet;
THENCE South 85° 44’00” East a distance of 496.01 feet;
THENCE North 01° 36’ 00” East a distance of 475.00 feet;
THENCE North 85° 44’ 00” West a distance of 496.01 feet to the point of beginning.

TOGETHER WITH a non-exclusive easement for purposes of access in the NW1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, N.M.P.M., being 60 feet in width, the centerline being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the North right of way line of Colorado Highway 184 in the NW1/4 of said Section 8, from which point the NW Corner of said Section 8 bears North 52°00’ 39” West a distance of 2378.66 feet;
THENCE North 27° 00’ 00” West a distance of 13.40 feet;
THENCE North 73° 54’ 00” West a distance of 92.60 feet;
THENCE North 40° 52’ 00” West a distance of 50.00 feet;
THENCE North 10° 05’ 00” West a distance of 153.50 feet;
THENCE North 05° 08’ 00” East a distance of 101.70 feet;
THENCE North 21° 20’ 00” East a distance of 134.00 feet;
THENCE North 35° 00’ 00” West a distance of 39.09 feet to the end of said easement, from which point the NW Corner of said Section 8 bears North 60° 50’ 32” West a distance of 2010.20 feet.

Plaintiffs, Madison Samra Arvizu, and Jessie Arvizu Soria Parcel:

A tract of land in the NW1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, N.M.P.M, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the NW1/4 of said Section 8, from which point the NW Corner of said Section 8 bears North 88° 20’ 00” West a distance of 1823.01 feet;
Thence South 88° 20’ 00” East a distance of 790.19 feet;
Thence South 02° 00’ 00” West a distance of 1440.00 feet;
Thence North 85° 44’ 00” West a distance of 781.01 feet;
Thence North 01° 36’ 00” East a distance of 1404.78 feet to the point of beginning.

LESS AND EXCEPT a tract of land in the NW1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, N.M.P.M., being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point from whence the N1/4 Corner of said Section 8 bears North 02° 00’ East a distance of 677.53 feet;
Thence South 02° 00’ West a distance of 758.66 feet to a point on the North right of way line of Colorado Highway 184 (formerly Colorado Highway 147);
Thence North 85° 44’ West a distance of 586.32 feet along said North right of way line;
Thence North 22° 16’ East a distance of 113.00 feet;
Thence North 44° 10’ East a distance of 367.54 feet;
Thence North 02° 00’ East a distance of 355.30 feet;
Thence South 88° 20’ East a distance of 300.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Dated: September 9, 2025.

Attorney for Plaintiffs:
Mindi L. Conerly Millican, #33946
Ryan F. Callahan, #39008
Conerly & Callahan, LLC
1104 S. Cascade Avenue
Montrose, CO 81401
Phone Number: 970-249-3449
FAX Number: 970-249-7455
E-mail: mlc@montroselawyers.com
Published in The Journal September 17, 24 and October 1, 8 and 15, 2025

30927
Invitation to Bid
Fairview Cemetery District is issuing an invitation to bid on the planning and implementation of landscaping and irrigation for a new section of our cemetery (2.5 acres) located at Yellow Jacket, CO. Bids will be accepted until October 15,2025. For more information, please contact Kami at (970) 562-4506.
Published in The Journal September 24 and October 1 and 8, 2025