Companies’ oil-drilling plans unchanged Two major Colorado natural gas producers who have turned their attention to drilling for oil elsewhere say they’re continuing to pursue that strateg...

The Cortez Journal The Cortez Leopard Sharks Swim Club will host the Cortez Community Swim Meet on Dec. 13. The meet will be held at the Cortez Recreation Center and will last from 9 a.m. u...

Competing at the Cedaredge-Delta Tournament in Delta, Dec. 4-6, the Montezuma-Cortez High School boys basketball team defeated Cedaredge, Delta and Hotchkiss. With the wins, the Panthers improved to 3...

Competing against three of the top teams in the Western Slope Conference, the Montezuma-Cortez High School girls swim team found individual victories hard to come by. Opening its season in ...

Opening its season at the Moab Invitational on Dec. 5-6, the Dove Creek High School wrestling team placed six of their seven wrestlers on the podium. An individual tournament championship eluded the B...

WASHINGTON – The great oil bust of 2014 is something to behold. Since mid-June, crude prices have dropped about 40 percent, from $115 a barrel for the Brent benchmark to about $70 a barrel now. ...

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I felt I must reply to Catherine Spencer’s letter (Journal, Dec. 5) concerning the Michael Brown incident. She seems to be well informed on the facts of Brown’s family life and although not...

Well here we go again — I recognized the protesters at Colorado Highways 145 and 184. A similar group was on the Golden Gate Bridge in 1969 welcoming us back from Vietnam. Regardless of o...