Author - The Journal
Bailey Duran
Position: Special to The Journal

Rollover on South Broadway leads to possible discovery of meth, fentanyl

Driver was flown out of Southwest Memorial Hospital for her injuries

Montezuma-Cortez survey shows low morale of staff and students amid change

Staff, students and residents voice concerns as issues pile up in school district

Dolores school board discusses adding track and field, OKs preliminary budget

Board has been discussing adding a track

Large Cortez crowd meets with hospital board; some demand management company be fired

Meeting was called after hospital announced plan to close birth center

Doctors address Montezuma board about care at Southwest Memorial Hospital

Doctors alarmed by move to close birthing center, board’s and management company’s decisions

Local author Curt Melliger to host book readings in Cortez and Dolores

His books were published in 2018 and 2021

Southwest Memorial Hospital announces layoffs to help keep birthing center open

Layoffs follow backlash that surrounded plan to close birthing center

Southwest Memorial doctors raise concerns about closure of Cortez birthing center

Hospital cites cost of center and falling demand

Groundhog Lake stocked with fish for the summer season

In July, 65,000 catchable fish are expected to be in the reservoir

Annual Dolores Craft Bazaar to take place June 17

The event will feature more than 40 crafters and vendors selling their creations

Ute Mountain Roundup honors first responders as rodeo starts in Cortez

The evening kicks off with a touching tribute to hometown heroes

Cortez man who was arrested with guns and body armor pleads guilty

Jonathan Michael Berry pleads guilty to a Class 5 felony weapons charge and misdemeanor DUI