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Colorado felony DUI law requiring jail time begins soon

Associated Press A Colorado law goes into effect this week requiring anyone convicted of felony driving under the influence to spend time behind bars. The Denver Post r...

Unemployment drops despite weaker than expected hiring

A forecast last December from the University of Colorado Boulder showed Colorado’s unemployment rate was expected to rise from 3.5 percent to 3.9 percent this year. The Denver Pos...

Labor Day weekend events set for Mancos State Park

Labor Day weekend events at Mancos State Park include a performance by two well-regarded musicians, Sandy Hoagland and Tom Kochanski, according to a news release from the park. Th...

Sheriff confronts bear near Dolores High School

Nowlin fires twice with rubber bullets, runs bear up hillside

Montezuma County suspends fire ban, effective immediately

The Journal Montezuma County commissioners on Monday suspended the countywide fire ban, effective immediately, according to a news release from Emergency Manager Paul Hollar. ...

Navajo Code Talker to speak in Cortez

Sam Sandoval, of Shiprock, served five South Pacific tours in WWII

MCEDA hosts Business Opportunity Forum on Tuesday

The Journal The Montezuma Community Economic Development Association presents a Business Opportunity Forum from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the Southwest Colorado Community Co...

Metcalf and Boyd present ‘Boyd Meets Girl’

Laura Metcalf, who performed at the Sunflower Theatre in July 2016 with the classic music ensemble Sybarite5, returns with her husband, the acclaimed cellist and classical guitarist Rupert B...

Center hosts lecture on ‘Navajo Long Walk’

The Journal The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College continues its summer lecture series based on the theme, “A Year in the Life of the West,” with a presentation fro...

District Rotary governor visits Cortez meeting

Shane Hale, Cortez Rotary Club president, recently welcomed the newly elected Rotary district governor, George Small, and his wife, Sue, at the local meeting. Cortez is one of 57...

Presentation about ancient pottery, social networks planned

The Journal A talk by Kari Schleher – “Pottery Production, Learning and Social Networks from the Central Mesa Verde Region to Galisteo Basin” – will be presented by the San Juan B...

Repaving phase of U.S. Highway 491 project is underway

The Journal Here is what you can expect on the project this week on the repaving project on U.S. Highway 491: Monday through Friday: The first mat, or layer, of paving ...