Two bear cubs captured near Dove Creek last week after their mother killed by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 491 will be rehabilitated and released into the wild, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. ...

Cortez BMX saw a boom in attendance at its annual state race double on Saturday. Other than a few minor glitches with the audio system, track operator Mark Baxter was delighted with the eve...

Keeping locomotives from the 1920s endlessly chugging to Silverton takes more than an oil change. At the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, engineers are replacing decades-old parts...

Three rescues and a death in two weeks at the Cascade Creek waterfalls near U.S. Highway 550 have highlighted the danger of jumping the falls, especially in the high water that has resulted from const...

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The Journal The Cortez Public Library will be at the Cortez Farmers Market on Saturday, July. 23, as the nonprofit of the day, with books for sale and information about library programs. ...

John V. Bezy, geologist and co-author of “The Artistry and History of Mata Ortiz,” will present a lecture on the history of the modern Mata Ortiz ceramics tradition at the Crow Canyon Archaeological C...

The Journal Paul Berkowitz will discuss his book “Billy Malone and the National Park Service: Investigation at Hubbell’s Trading Post,” at the next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeologi...