Rep. Scott Tipton is accepting applications from students interested in attending a U.S. service academy next year. The deadline to apply is Oct. 6. Each year, members of Congress may nomi...

For The Cortez Journal Mancos Valley Resources (MVR), a community support organization serving the Mancos Valley since 1995, will host an applied grant-writing workshop to be conducted by p...

By Marianne Griffin The Balloon Festival was great on Friday and Saturday and then the rains came. Everyone seemed to have a fun at the Street Fair while the sun was shining. Lo...

By Chip and Bernadette Tuthill Proposition 105 would rehire labeling of genetically modified food in Colorado. In a ABC poll on July 10, 2014, 75 percent (plus or minus 4.38 pe...

By Darrel Ellis Sept. 14, 1894 "Bob" the pet lynx belonging to Dr. Lowe has passed "over the range" Saturday evening when he broke his chain and went off on a lark, and while he ...

By Dian Law This year Art Fest/Street Fair was a total success. Even the weather cooperated with a gorgeous sunshiny day (right before the evening deluge). This is last Art Fest that Marian...

At least 12 pilots came to the Mancos Valley Balloon and Arts Festival this weekend, and about half of them lifted off from Boyle Park on Saturday morning. It was a clear and sunny day, pe...

Scores of fans crowded the finish line. A breakfast burrito stand stood nearby. Buses lined the parking area, and runners warmed up under nearby trees. Then, the races began, and, the Manc...

Slowly but surely, the Mancos High School volleyball team is becoming accustomed to winning. Opening last week in Dove Creek on Sept. 23, the Bluejays won in convincing fashion, defeating t...

When it comes to winning football games, small things can make a big difference. That was the lesson for the Mancos High School team during a 50-14 loss to Sargent on Sept. 27. ...