Author - The Journal
Anna Watson
Position: Journal Staff Writer

Dolores Library Board issues censure in escalating dispute

The board member says reprimand is retaliation for oversight efforts

Dolores is finalizing sheriff’s contract proposal for next year’s services

If approved, the board will propose one deputy at $143,000

Four Cortez City Council seats up for grabs in April vote

Candidate petitions open Jan. 6 Cortez officials released details for the city’s April municipal election, where voters will elect four City Council members. City Clerk Danielle Wells said t...

Cortez adjusts trash schedule for Thanksgiving and Christmas

Holiday schedule includes 5 a.m. start on Thanksgiving and no service on Christmas Day

Dolores Turkey Trot returns Thanksgiving morning to support local food drive

Race fees traded for canned goods to support local food bank

Bear sightings drop in Colorado’s Montezuma County; one still active in Dolores

Sheriff says activities have reduced as most bears enter dens

Dolores Town Board passes water, sewer fee increases

Rates will help fund a $4.3 million upgrade to aging pipes from Sixth to First streets.

Mesa Verde’s loop roads and hiking return to normal winter schedule

Park facilities reopen after U.S. Congress approved a budget measure to end the shutdown

With cattle drives ongoing, sheriff urges drivers to slow

‘You’ll get through the herd,’ sheriff says, saying drivers should stop and wait

Former Ute Mountain Ute tribal official Lyndreth Wall convicted in sex case

Wall found guilty on 15 of 20 counts after allegedly using his status of tribal healer to abuse women

Wall declines to testify as defense rests in tribal sex-abuse trial

Defense ends testimony; closing arguments set for Tuesday

Colorado Parks director talks wolf program in update to wildlife commissioners

Amid petitions, federal pushback and wolf-cattle conflicts, CPW says it is ‘massive workload’