Snowpack melting fast, despite April storms

Melt could upset reservoir management

Can food hubs boost rural farming economies?

U.S. is funding initiatives to streamline local food systems

Ag extension has roots in community

Variety of services aid farmers and ranchers

CSU offers backyard food production class

For The Journal CSU Extension in La Plata County is offering a series of 12 evening classes designed to help you grow and preserve more food for you and your family. Th...

Kinder Morgan to drill new well

Neighbor concerned about industrial impacts

Gregory heading to larger arena

Senior earns rodeo scholarship to New Mexico State

Kemper kids plant White House garden with Michelle Obama

Fourth-graders help first lady Michelle Obama

Rain-barrel exemption headed to governor to become law

A bill that makes it clear that household rain barrels are legal in Colorado is on the way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The measure, which allows up to two rain b...

Puffer cars with switches to become legal in August

Denver Post Coloradans who can afford a car with a remote ignition switch have a legal right to warm seat on cold mornings, after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1122 to m...

Suckla elected to BLM Grazing Advisory Board

For The Journal The BLM’s grazing advisory board for Southwest Colorado recently elected new regional board members, including Steve Suckla, of Cortez, who represents the Tres R...

Stotz announces tractor pull winners

Stotz Equipment and the Cortez Future Farmers of America have announced the winners of the tractor pull contest during the Four States Agricultural Exposition. Coming in first place were: Ma...

Annual food retreat planned in Mancos

For The Journal Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado hosts their annual Homegrown Food Retreat: Sharing Stories of Community Cooperation and Homegrown Leadership on Saturday, Ap...