Southwest Open School students toiled in the soil this spring to create a permaculture garden made from donated and repurposed materials. “Many school gardens in the area were developed wit...

A bear that bit two people camping near the Durango Tech Center, sending one man to the hospital early Monday morning, was shot and killed hours later by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers. ...

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday afternoon signed legislation that could hold schools liable for certain acts of preventable violence. The legislation was named for Claire Davis...

A metal cable stretched across the Dolores River scraped five people off their raft on Tuesday, sending one woman to the hospital with a head injury. The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office i...

For The Cortez Journal The League of Women Voters of Montezuma County received an award "for reaching out to the community at large with programs which are of importance to Cortez and the s...

The Lewis-Arriola Fire Department recently completed a new main station to accommodate current and future needs. Most of the old station was torn down, and replaced with a 10,000 square-foo...

Native American-owned businesses provide more than 16,000 jobs and add more than $2 billion to Colorado's economy. The economic impact findings were announced at a quarterly Colorado Commis...