Briefs

SANTA FE – A $3.2 billion federal grant has been awarded to construct a state veterans’ cemetery in the northern New Mexico town of Angel Fire. U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with...

ALBUQUERQUE – An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that mysteriously closed earlier this month sparking popular rumors of alien visitor appears to be linked to a child pornography...

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center’s Kari Schleher, Ph.D., and archaeologist Ann F. Ramenofsky Ph.D., will give a talk on the archaeology and history of New Mexico’s San Marcos Pueblo on Oct. at...

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Florida Grange on Colorado Highway 172 (½-mile south of Elmore’s Corner). A member of the...

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “Two Great Americans” at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 19 and 20, at the Durango Arts Center. Living history portrayals...

BOULDER – A mountain lion has been caught on surveillance camera dashing to the doorstep of a Colorado motel office, venturing toward the open doorway and then wandering away. Colorado Parks and...

SANTA FE – The first cases of the flu season have been reported in New Mexico. State Department of Health officials say all three people who got the flu live in Quay County and reported no recent...

The Colorado State University Extension Office in La Plata County is accepting applications for the 2019 Colorado Master Gardener program until Dec. 31. Students will receive training in tree care,...

The Journal The Raising Readers Storytime program is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St., Cortez. The library also offers a craft session at 11:15 a.m....

The Journal The Pinon Project is looking for vendors for the Pumpkin Festival, in downtown Cortez on Saturday, Oct. 27. Spaces cost $15. Vendors selling baked goods, jams, honey, etc., are...