A 13‑year‑old Indigenous girl reported missing in Cortez on Feb. 25 was located safe on March 29, according to a redacted police report recently obtained by The Journal. Dior Orange was located with ...

A federal jury ruled in favor of Southwest Memorial Hospital and an emergency medicine doctor after a civil trial over the death of Kelroy Newman five years ago in the Montezuma County Detention Cente...

Cortez firefighter and longtime skijoring competitor Noah Gregory is receiving treatment at a Denver hospital after he and his horse tangled in a fall at the Grand Lake skijoring competition on Feb. 2...

Farmington twins Pam Standifer and Kim Borum are facing some of the toughest challenges of their lives, but the outpouring of support from family, friends and neighbors reminds them they’re not fighti...

Montezuma County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to move forward with ballot language for a potential 1% countywide sales tax in the November election. The board revisited earlier conversations about ...

The American Revolution didn’t end with the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 – that is when the fight began. It ended in 1793, eight years later. To prevent “misconstruction ...

With the stroke of a pen on March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps. Sixty-five years later, that simple executive order continues to echo across the globe – and here at home ...

We’ve just launched a bombing campaign against Iran and named it “Operation Epic Fury” – this, after Iran allegedly lost its nuclear capabilities for six months in the so-called “Operation Midnight Ha...

Last fall, black bears roamed in Dolores in noticeable numbers, rummaging through trash cans, walking along Central Avenue and eating fruit from backyard trees. Facebook posts urged neighbors to “keep...