In rivalry games, there are no style points. With the Demons and Panthers slugging out a defensive clash, Durango scored the lone field goal of the final eight minutes of action, including the four-m...

In the Ute Mountain Ute language, paa is the word for water, nüvav means “snow,” uway means “to rain,” and tühpar üatüaa means “dried up cropland.” These words weigh heavy on the minds of the Ute ...

Ute Mountain Ute elders who speak their native language and are passing it on were honored by the tribal council last month. The ceremony was part of the tribe’s launch of “Growing Utes,” a new spoken...

When The Journal spoke with Elise Schuster, she was bustling around Walmart, filling her shopping cart with enough holiday ingredients to feed her 10 children for Thanksgiving. Two of them were her b...

Wednesday, Nov. 10 11:06 a.m A man was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant at the Montezuma County Detention Center, 730 E. Driscoll St. 12:20 p.m. A woman reportedly attempted suicid...

A new study released by a Utah nonprofit reveals Colorado and other upstream states are consuming too much water from the Colorado River system. The Utah Rivers Council, a water conservation nonprofit...

A proposed revision of the Dolores land use code has been completed, and public hearings are scheduled before a final decision is made. On Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m. the planning commission will hold a publ...

For her entire life, Shylee Graf has longed to explore. Born and raised in Cortez, she doesn’t know where she wants to end up yet, and who does at age 17? But she’s keeping her mind open and her asp...

DOVE CREEK – In one of the biggest tournaments of the year in Four Corners wrestling, the Dawg Fight – hosted by Dove Creek – brought out the region's best for an early season test. At the day’s end, ...

From 2010 to 2020, Colorado’s property crime rate increased more than that of almost any other state, and its motor vehicle theft rate more than doubled. That’s according to a new report from the Comm...