MANCOS – Leading up to Friday night’s Highway 184 rivalry, Montezuma County was abuzz with anticipation as Dolores and Mancos prepared for a top-10 battle. Since the Bears joined the Mountain League f...

DOVE CREEK – Dove Creek and Monticello won’t meet on the basketball court for another two months. Their football encounter had all the scoring of an open gym, with touchdowns from all angles lighting ...

CORTEZ Thursday, Oct. 9 Ballantine Grant Best Practices, noon to 1 p.m., First National Bank, 2258 E. Main St Friday, Oct. 10 Writers Anthology Volume 2 Debut, 5-6 p.m., Cortez Public Library 202 N. P...

A Dodge Ram left Colorado Highway 145 and entered the Dolores River on Friday morning, prompting a brief road closure in a single-vehicle crash in which alcohol is suspected as a potential cause. The ...

The toxic legacy of uranium mining and nuclear technology runs deep across the West, but after decades of fighting, Native Americans most impacted still seek justice for more survivors and future gene...

Ezekiel Whiskers, 25, was arrested Sept. 19 after being identified as the shooter in a weapons incident near Good Sam’s Food Pantry in Cortez. Witnesses attending a pet food giveaway told The Journal ...

While the Animas River in Durango is a popular place for swimming, fishing and boating, some residents are drawing attention to hazardous debris lurking just beneath the water’s surface. Resident Chad...

Sept. 18 5:21 a.m.: An officer responded to the Montezuma County Detention Center at 730 E. Driscoll St., where a man turned himself in on a warrant.

The League of Women Voters will host a forum for the Montezuma-Cortez school board candidates Thursday, Oct. 16, 6-8 p.m. at the Montezuma County Annex, 107 N. Chestnut St., to allow parents, guardian...

Black to move and mate This masterpiece was painted with rooks, pawns and a queen. It was a kind of silent symphony. Reach Eric Morrow at ericmorrowlaw@gmail.com or (505) 327-7121.