Why is that some people ease into their older years with relative ease, while others struggle with a chronic illness or an annoying array of medical problems? According to Cortez internal ...

It took less than three minutes Monday for a district court judge to issue a $200,000 restitution order in connection to the 2012 Roatcap fire. Appearing before Judge Todd Plewe on Monday, ...

Sutcliffe Vineyards’ Syrah has received a score of 90 out of 100 in the July issue of the Wine Enthusiast magazine. The variety was crafted by owner John Sutcliffe and wine maker Joe Bucke...

Construction on the $33.7 million Montezuma-Cortez High School is on schedule. The new two-story 152,500-square-foot schoolhouse is expected to open in fall 2015. Senior project manager Ric...

A sheep wagon built in 1906, complete with original linoleum, is a spectacle most tourists would expect to find roped off in a museum. But in Mancos, two entrepreneurs are working to give n...

Several timber sales and forest-health projects are underway or completed in the Dolores Public Lands region. Supervisory forester Mark Krabath gave a rundown of local timber activity, rang...

Citing Colorado laws that allow adults to grow their recreational marijuana and expressing a general distaste for the drug, Montezuma County commissioners voted Monday to prohibit licensed commercial ...

On June 12, nonprofit leaders from the five counties of Southwest Colorado met with funders and government officials at this year’s Rural Philanthropy Days meetings in Pagosa Springs. Pressing issue...

In response to Robert Valencia’s June 14 letter in the Journal slamming our U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for not supporting our military veterans as he promised in 2010. Where has Valencia been? Hiding unde...

It should not be altogether surprising that the same U.S. Supreme Court that saw fit to extend freedom of speech rights to corporations would do so with religious liberties, but it does not make Monda...