Commission considers pot ads at fairgrounds

The Journal The Montezuma County Commission is considering whether to allow marijuana advertising at fairground events such as the Home and Garden show and Ag Expo. Currently, the...

Montezuma County announces internet partners

The Journal The Montezuma County Commission has decided to partner with FastTrack and Data Safe Services to come up with a plan to improve internet service in the county. The part...

County gets permit to sell throwaways

The Journal The Montezuma County landfill has been granted an up-cycle permit from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. The permit allows the landfill to salvage usa...

Free concert at Cortez library on Friday

The next installment of Literary Fridays at the Library, the new, crowd-pleasing monthly event presented by the Cortez Public Library, will feature both the M-CHS Concert Band and the M-CHS ...

Health Briefs

Free assessment for thyroid function Dr. Nancy Utter will offer free thyroid-gland consultations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 17 at Durango Natural Medicine, 117 East Animas Road (...

Crow Canyon offers summer institute for teachers

The Journal The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is offering a tuition-free National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute from June 25 to July 15 to help teachers explor...

Job training for senior citizens offered

Job training for seniors offered SER Jobs for Progress, a federally funded job-training program for economically challenged seniors, is currently accepting applications for enrollment in La ...

Local Briefs

Marathon Oil to sell northwest holdings at loss GRAND JUNCTION — Marathon Oil is joining the ranks of companies fleeing northwestern Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports (http://b...

Local Briefs

Workshop to teach apple grafting Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado and the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project will host a hands-on apple-grafting workshop as part of the Homegrown F...

Education Briefs

Locals named to dean’s list Adrian Tillery of Durango and Taren Lanier of Cortez have been named to the 2015 Fall Semester dean’s list at Colorado State University-Pueblo. ...

Local Briefs

Durango train rides benefit the Goose Ride the Durango and Silverton winter train on Friday, Feb. 5 at 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and help support the Galloping Goose Historical Society. ...

Health Briefs

Free assessments for thyroid function Dr. Nancy Utter, naturopathic doctor at Durango Natural Medicine, will offer free thyroid health assessments from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. ...