Cortez

The Common Ground Cortez Community Gardens will be put to bed next week, and gardeners are marking the event with a Lantern Fest. The event is intended to encourage community members to connect art...

Lynne Lewis stays busy during autumn leading backpacking tours into the La Plata Mountains from her operation, Rimrock Outfitters in Echo Basin. Business will be good this week as colors peak in...

Democratic and Republican senators came together last week to request in a letter to the Senate majority and minority leaders a two-year reauthorization of payments in lieu of taxes and the Secure...

Fire crews on Friday mopped up a wildfire that broke out Thursday morning south of Dolores, said Dolores Fire Chief Mike Zion. The 2-acre Lost Canyon Fire torched trees and created spot fires in...

The Journal publishes local restaurant inspection reports provided monthly by the Montezuma County Health Department. Unannounced inspections are conducted for restaurants, school, hospital and...

Rick Shrader has been appointed chief financial officer of Southwest Health System, the management arm of Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. Shrader has been serving as interim CFO since...

Local fire agencies are battling a 2-acre wildfire south of Dolores and east of County Road 30. About 25 firefighters are working to contain the Lost Canyon Fire, said Dolores Fire Chief Mike Zion....

The sentencing phase of a wide-reaching illegal marijuana farm and distribution network that included operations in Montezuma County has begun. From Rifle to Grand Junction and Cortez to Denver,...

The folk-blues fusion of Suitcase Junket and singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton will fill the music hall of the Dolores River Brewery Oct. 5 beginning at 8 p.m. The talented duo are bona fide musical...

An expected Medicaid expansion next year will allow more low-income Southwest Colorado residents struggling with drug and alcohol addiction to seek more intensive treatment. Local addiction...

Local elections are on the horizon for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Montezuma County and Colorado. On Oct. 11, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will elect a tribal chairman and three council members. On...