People buy property next to public lands assuming they will have private access to a vast backyard of open space and wilderness. But as some neighbors of Canyons of the Ancients National Mo...

A screening of the 2014 documentary, “To Light a Candle,” will be hosted by local Baha’is on Friday, Feb. 27 at the Cortez Journal meeting room, 123 Roger Smith Ave. “To Light a Candle” chr...

FFA raising funds for Kocourek Cortez FFA is also doing a fundraiser to benefit Hayden Kocourek. Cortez FFA members are collecting spare change throughout National FFA Week next ...

FARMINGTON – At a recent public hearing, Leroy Light politely removed his white cowboy hat before addressing three Navajo Nation Human Rights Commissioners. “Everybody needs to be served r...

Motorists could experience travel delays and detours starting this month as sewer lines and manholes are installed on North Broadway. The Cortez Sanitation District recently awarded D&L Con...

Three of the world’s five oldest people live in the United States. Gertrude Weaver, of Arkansas, is 116, and Jeralean Talley, of Michigan, and Susanna Mushatt Jones, of New York, both are 115. All wer...

Last week’s warm temperatures broke some long-standing records, according to Jim Andrus, National Weather Service weather observer. On Feb. 6, the mercury rose to 64 degrees, breaking the...