Cortez

The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners jumped into 2019 by welcoming newly elected member Jim Candelaria and new county administrator Shak Powers. Out of the gate, the commissioners and staff...

A missing hiker has been rescued after getting lost in a snowstorm in the Sand Canyon area Monday afternoon, said Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin. Deputies with the Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol...

The Journal Two Raven Narratives Live Storytelling Events in February will feature eight storytellers from Montezuma and La Plata counties telling stories from their lives with the theme of “Love.”...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued a “special avalanche advisory” in effect for the Colorado mountains through 8 p.m. Monday. “Since January 11, the CAIC has documented 10 people...

When Disney offered to make Jim Morris’ life into a movie, he said the massive entertainment company mentioned several actors would might play the 35-year-old high school baseball coach turned...

Southwest Colorado can expect a Martin Luther King Jr. Day storm to leave 1 to 3 inches in the Cortez area and up to 8 inches in the high country of the San Juan Mountains. The National Weather...

The iconic lavender coffee shop on Main Street has changed hands – but the new owners are no strangers to Cortez. The Spruce Tree Espresso House, at 318 E. Main St., has been sold to Bill and Linda...

Eli Tomac won the last leg of the Anaheim Supercross triple crown on Saturday, bumping series leader Ken Roczen off the podium. The win at Angel Stadium in California moved Tomac into second place...

Just before joining nearly 300 people in the Cortez Women’s March for Unity on Saturday, 16-year-old Annika Lewis recalled a time when she was scolded at school for wearing a tank top with thin...

Newly elected Montezuma County Treasurer Ellen Black has been too busy to move into her new office. Black had already been working for the office at 140 W. Main St. in Cortez since 2015, managing...

Southwest Memorial Hospital has been posting prices for customary medical services on its website since July, said Bridgett Jabour, executive assistant for Southwest Health Systems. In 2019,...