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

Montezuma County Fair to kick off the last week of July at the fairgrounds

Open classes are seeking more participants

Photos: Over the Hill Car Gang celebrates Collector Car Day with scenic cruise

The car gang and attendees cruised 54-mile loops around Montezuma County

Lamp Post’s ‘Finding Nemo Jr.’ plans location change for upcoming performance

Performances will be held Saturday at Cortez church

Jaynes Corp., Dolores school district seek local subcontractors for building project

The first phase of the building project has already begun

Montezuma-Cortez school district gears up for 2025-26 school year

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 11

Plea hearing reset for end of July in Shiloh’s wall crash case

Cody Mallett allegedly crashed into the retaining wall near Shiloh’s in 2024

Jimmy Stadler Band to headline July’s Third Thursday in Cortez

There are three more Third Thursday events this 2025 season.

Jett Lawrence wins Motocross Round 7 at Spring Creek

Hunter Lawrence won the first race, and Jett Lawrence the second

Power outage affects Main Street Cortez

Power went out sometime after 6 p.m.

New Lamp Post Creative Learning Center opens in Cortez

The learning center was dreamed up by former MCHS drama director and his wife

Mancos Burro Fest deemed Enterprise Zone Contribution Project

Burro Fest joins the Mancos Opera House revitalization project as an Enterprise Zone

Police blotter

Thursday, July 3 1:25 a.m.: An officer responded to the Montezuma County Detention Center, 730 E. Driscoll St., to serve a man a warrant. 8:21 p.m.: An officer went to Oak Meadows Trailer Pa...