The annual fall color display along Colorado Highway 145 to Lizard Pass and beyond will again amaze locals and surely cause tourists to stop their RVs in the driving lane to marvel at nature's brillia...

People are encouraged to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be...

It took almost four games, 15 total quarters to be exact, for the Dolores Bears' new-fangled spread offense to get going. But when it did, was it effective. Playing on the road against the ...

Please excuse members of the Dolores High School Lady Bears volleyball team if they seem a bit tired. Three matches in four days, against top-notch competition, will have that effect sometimes. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Felix Castro, after 26 years, have sold the Hogan Hotel here to Mary Akin, it was announced this week. Mrs. Akin has planned to rename the hotel to Rio Grande Southern Hotel and will make...

Back at the beginning of the summer, when the prognosticators were saying it was going to be a very dry summer and people started sharing recollections of the Dolores River drying up to a trickle in y...

The national bank conservators, who stepped into the limelight at the time of the bank holiday last March, are about to take bows and retire from the stage. The banks which are in a position to do so ...

Date High Low Prec. Snow Sept. 25 72 44 Sept. 26 71 45 Sept. 27 61 40 .40 Sept. 28 54 29 Sept. 29 60 31 Sept. 30 66 33 ...

Empire Electric Association Inc. conducts routine inspections on poles and towers to determine their current state of condition. Corrosion, which reduces structural integrity, is inevitabl...

The board of directors of the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company announce a stock run the weekend beginning Friday, Oct. 4. Water will be turned into the system on Friday morning and r...