In 2011, the U.S. Forest Service issued a controversial water rights directive that would have required ski areas operating under a special use permit on public land to transfer their water rights to ...

At the beginning of February last year, South Lake Tahoe in California was nearly 60 degrees Fahrenheit, almost 20 degrees above its historic average. At that time, the drought had been dragging alon...

DENVER – At the end of March 2014, then-California resident Brittany Maynard was told she had about six months to live. Her journey with brain cancer had begun just two months prior, on Ne...

For The Journal The Dolores Ranger District announced that it has burned slash piles in the Chicken Creek area of the San Juan National Forest, but has delayed burning about eight other pil...

The Cortez Public Library in collaboration with the Sunflower Theatre, will show the documentary film “Out in the Cold” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 “Out in the Cold” director J.D. O’Brien and ...

The Cortez Police Department is investigating a body that was found in a boat in the 400 block of S. Ash St. on Saturday. The owner of the boat was taking out his trash when he noticed a t...

Dove Creek’s Case Baughman and Dolores’ Brandon Ward each finished with perfect 5-0 records and took home gold medals in their respective weight classes at the Butch Melton Invitational in Ignacio las...

Singer, songwriter and musician Tiffany Christopher, who has been compared with Adele and Sheryl Crow, is headed to the Dolores River Brewery on Feb. 27. Christopher has been building a nat...

DENVER – Durango school officials told state lawmakers on Monday that the state should fund full-day kindergarten, which would ease a burden on the district. For 20 years, Durango School Di...