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Bayfield woman dies from gunshot wound

A 64-year-old Bayfield woman was found dead Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said Tove Westwood was found by family members around 9:20 a.m. at...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Farmers Market: Botanical Companions looks to improve modern diets

Heather Reitz, founder of Botanical Companions in Mancos, believes the modern diet suffers from a lack of live plants. She founded her farm in 2017 to attempt to change that. Reitz was ins...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Father arrested at N.M. compound to face court; son missing

ALBUQUERQUE – A plea for help and the search for a missing boy drew sheriff’s deputies to a desolate New Mexico compound, walled off by stacks of old tires, wooden pallets and other debris. Just past ...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Plateau Fire north of Dolores grows to 5,750 acres

The Plateau Fire intensified on Monday, growing to 5,750 acres as the fire made short runs through crowns of trees and torched groups of others. The fire also moved down canyon with norther...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

TDS Telecommunications offering 600Mbps internet service

The Journal TDS Telecommunications announced Tuesday that it is offering Ultra 600 internet service, with speeds up to 600Mbps, in Cortez. “Ultra 600 is superfast and provides re...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Business

Year’s first human cases of West Nile virus reported in Colorado

The Journal Colorado’s first two human cases of the sometimes fatal West Nile virus in 2018 have been reported in Weld and Delta counties. An adult resident of Mead fell ill on J...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Reward for killing of two mountain goats increased to $15,000

The Journal Colorado Operation Game Thief has increased the reward for information leading to an arrest or citation in the case of two mountain goats that were found shot dead on July 3, on...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Inaugural Walk4Life event hopes to raise awareness about suicide

The Journal The first-ever Walk4Life, which hopes to raise awareness about suicide in the Four Corners area, is scheduled for Sept. 22 from 4-8 p.m. at the pavilion in Parque de Vida. ...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Learning, growing can start with a good snack

It’s shocking that despite all the medical advances over the last century, today’s children are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. A big contributor to this problem is poor...

DATE: Aug 07, 2018 CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition