When I read the story in the Feb. 4 Journal titled, “Urban Blight Discussed,” I had to laugh. Dick Rudolph asked, “Are we that complacent that we don’t see what this looks like?” Well, it isn’t compla...

Montelores Baptist Church will again host the band “WestWind Connection” for a concert on Saturday, April 18 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The “WestWind Connection” is a Country Gospel band from N...

For The Cortez Journal All incoming freshmen and their families may attend an orientation at Montezuma-Cortez High School on Tuesday, March 24, 6–8 p.m. The program is designed t...

The large-scale debut of new online state tests at one of Colorado’s largest school districts was marked Monday by technical problems and a large number of students who chose not to take them. ...

DENVER – Immigrant-rights advocates gathered at the Colorado Capitol on Wednesday to call on Gov. John Hickenlooper to take a leadership role in restoring funding for driver’s license program for peop...

Nothing will stop Pastor Len Crow from his transcontinental mission on horseback to save at-risk children of the world. Not a bear-roping stunt gone wrong, not charging grizzlies, not a run...

Hollywood actor Robert Carradine was issued a citation last week after a collision with a semi-trailer truck on Colorado Highway 145 east of Dolores. Robert Carradine, 60, of Santa Barbara,...

Amid a national discussion on increasing student loan debt, a new partnership between Montezuma-Cortez High School and Southwest Colorado Community College aims to allow eligible students earn an asso...

For months, farmers and skiers were in a mood of gleeful anticipation with an El Niño year on the horizon, which might mean a heavier snow winter. Then we waited and waited and finally, on...