Sunday, July 3 9:22 p.m. Deputies responded to the 45000 block of U.S. 160 for a reckless driver. A man was arrested on unknown charges. Monday, Aug. 24 2:35 p.m. A m...

Families in the mountain town of Rico, in Dolores County, rely on their small school to educate elementary-age children. But parents are worried it could be on the chopping block because of...

For The Cortez Journal The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is accepting applications from married women to represent Montezuma County as a state finalist on April 16 at the Ellie Caulkins Ope...

In the market for a pair of Victorian ladies shoes or a 1940s gas station ticket writer? Antiques and collectible hunters in Cortez have their choice of Labor Day weekend sales and auctions this holid...

DENVER – Counties in southwest Colorado lag the rest of the state in closing the uninsured health gap, according to a report released Tuesday. The Colorado Health Access Survey, which was a...

League gets update on behavioral health The local League of Women Voters will hear an overview of what’s new in Colorado and with federal legislation for behavioral health care on Saturday,...

I’ve been thinking recently about the phrase “family values.” This is a concept that inhabits both the religious and the political spheres. The extent to which those spheres influence the a...

When the United States, Britain, Russia, China, Germany, France and Iran signed a multilateral agreement in July to slow Iran’s steady march toward developing a nuclear weapon, the group made history ...

Deacon Francisco Javier Diaz Moreno will be ordained a Theatine Catholic priest at St. Margaret Mary’s Church on Montezuma Avenue at 5 p.m. on Sept. 14 by Bishop Emeritus, Arthur Tafoya, of New Mexico...

When Johnny Valdez was 25 years old, he heard a motorcycle rally was going to be held in La Plata County. A lifelong Ignacio resident and avid biker who cut his teeth riding dirt bikes as a...