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Police: Kids left in car as adults fought

The Cortez Police Department responded to a couple of calls on Saturday, Aug. 29, that involved children left in cars while adults fought indoors. Officers responded to the 600 b...

Time to make a getaway

Community Calendar

Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include "Community Calendar" in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entri...

Enjoy and preserve the month's bounty

This is my favorite month, full of a variety of Palisade peaches, Olathe corn, Hatch chilies, Rocky Ford melons and berries, berries, berries. Last night was purely wonderful! My ...

Gail in the Garden: The importance of trees in your life

When we moved to Colorado in 1998, one of the first things we planted was a blue spruce tree because we have always had one in the yard of every house we've owned. Then we planted...

Center for Independence welcomes two coordinators

For The Cortez Journal Southwest Center for Independence welcomes two new Independent Living Coordinators to its Cortez office. SWCI helps people with disabilities who want to liv...

Civil Air Patrol joins exercise

On the final weekend of August, clear skies greeted members of Civil Air Patrol's Cortez Senior Squadron for honing their aerial search and rescue skills. The local squadron hoste...

Mrs. Colorado pageant seeks contestant from Montezuma County

For The Cortez Journal The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is accepting applications from married women to represent Montezuma County as a state finalist on April 16 at the Ellie Ca...

Street sign wording a key to safety

Precise verbiage means safer commutes for cyclists, motorists

County dentist serves 290

Medicaid expansion helps locals

CSU researching hemp in secluded test plot

12 varieties of hemp researched

River dog