Overdue tax notice leads to big marijuana bust near Montrose

DENVER – A western Colorado sheriff’s deputy posting a notice about unpaid property taxes at a residence east of Montrose discovered a marijuana growing operation with plants and packaged ma...

Corvette club to drive to McElmo Canyon on Saturday

The 4 Corners Corvette Club will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the south end of Albertsons parking lot, 311 W. College Drive, and will caravan to McElmo Canyon. The group will stop ...

League of Women Voters to hear from local teen Annika Lewis

The Journal The League of Women Voters of Montezuma County will meet on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Dolores Public Library, 1002 Railroad Ave. The program will...

Cortez Adult Education Center starts ESL and GED classes on Oct. 22

The Cortez Adult Education Center will start Session II English as a second language and GED and high school equivalency classes on Oct. 22. Class registration will be Tuesdays fr...

Applications accepted for DU master’s program in social work

The Journal The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work is accepting applications for its Advanced Standing program starting in the summer 2019. Students with a bachel...

Center offers workshop on Quickbooks accounting software

The Journal Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center will sponsor a full-day introductory workshop in Mancos on QuickBooks, a popular accounting software for small-bus...

Piñon Project getting a jump on Christmas for Kids program

The Piñon Project’s Youth Empowerment Project is preparing for its annual Christmas for Kids program, which helps families provide gifts for their children. Last year, Christmas f...

Nonprofit accounting workshop planned for Nov. 1

The Journal Staff for small nonprofits can learn the ins and outs of their financial and tax reporting obligations at a workshop to be led by CPA Dan Whitehead at the Mancos Publi...

Pair caught hauling pot through Nebraska are imprisoned

KEARNEY, Neb. – Two people caught hauling marijuana through Nebraska have been imprisoned. Buffalo County District Court records say 49-year-old Charlie Red, of Sedalia, Colorad...

Candidates for state Legislature will attend forum Thursday in Cortez

On Thursday, Cortez City Hall will host Montezuma County’s only scheduled candidate forum for state races in the November election. State Sen. Don Coram, a Republican, faces Dem...

Final open house for new south-side community park

Design plan to be revealed Wednesday

Fiber network survey to begin Tuesday in Cortez

Responses from 350 residents needed