A recent edition (Journal, Nov. 5) stated, “Preliminary data from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office as of Oct. 30 shows that 1,650 Montezuma County voters were registered Republicans. Unaffilia...

A jury on Tuesday convicted former Ute Mountain Ute councilman Lyndreth Wall on 15 of 20 counts of sexual assault and abusive sexual contact after he allegedly used his reputation as a spiritual heale...

La Plata County commissioners on Tuesday approved the conceptual plan for 100 new homes at Purgatory Resort, advancing the project known as Grayrock Village. The plan, submitted by Purgatory Village ...

Former Women’s Resource Center Executive Director Tammy Tyner died by suicide, according to the La Plata County Coroner’s Office. The cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Coroner Jann S...

Young people deserve a voice to advocate for rural life on the Western Slope, says Delta Suckla, the 20-year-old local leading a newly formed group in Montezuma County. Suckla founded the Montezuma C...

A group of Democratic secretaries of state in a letter to top Trump administration officials say they’re concerned the administration misled them about how it would use voter data collected from their...

With the third winter “release season” in Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction plan just weeks away, state wildlife officials are scrambling to find a source for additional relocated wolves. A deal to ...

MANCOS – Craig Benally is leaning back in his chair in front of a Swiss-made seam taping machine in the Alpacka Raft factory. He is feathering laminated nylon panels beneath a tiny pipe blowing 700-de...

The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District held its first Family Engagement Night, featuring cultural performances and linking families to 14 community agencies. Ute Mountain Ute royalty from Montezuma...

IGNACIO ‒ Diane McGuffey’s new house on a quiet mesa in northwest Ignacio is a trim two-story house with handsome stucco walls, solar panels and an attached garage – a space she says is perfect for he...