Mardi Gras pancake supper set for Feb. 28 in Cortez

The Journal A Mardi Gras Pancake Supper will be held from 4:30-7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at St. Barnabas Church in Cortez. The meal will include pancakes, bacon, sausages, fru...

Christmas tree goes up at Cortez Cultural Center

Top Line Installers on Tuesday donated crane time to bring in the Cortez Cultural Center Christmas tree, which stands about 30 feet high. The tree was donated by Xtrov Realty and ...

Plans for community Thanksgiving dinner are underway

The Journal The Community Thanksgiving Dinner plans are under way. Please deliver turkeys and donations, or sign up to volunteer at 110 W. North St. (St. Barnabas Chur...

Mancos Giving Tree campaign kicks off with potluck lunch

(Editor’s note: this week we have a guest column – Mac is recovering in the hospital from a fall last week. She broke her pelvis, which the doctors say repairs itself only with physical ...

Thanks from Mancos for making the holiday season special

The Old Fashioned Christmas holiday in Mancos this last year added new events – Festival of Trees and Breakfast with Santa. Thank you to the town merchants tor 32 beautifully de...

Merry Moon: Rare full moon on Christmas Day

If you gazed up into the sky on Christmas Eve, and you might have seen something rare weaving through the clouds. And, no, it wasn’t Santa. He and his reindeers will have already zoomed acro...

NORAD tracking Santa’s journey, taking kids’ calls

Michelle Obama was expected to volunteer

Annual community dinner starts at 11 a.m. Christmas Day

Christmas in Cortez may not be sunny and warm, but there’s plenty of warmth and good cheer to go around. The 27th annual Community Christmas Dinner is held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...

Church looking for Nativity characters

For The Journal The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sponsoring a Live Nativity on Dec. 21-24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in front of the church at 1600 E. Empire St., in Co...

Plant-a-Tree gift certificates are now on sale

Plant-A-Tree holiday gift certificates are now on sale at San Juan National Forest offices for the person on your Christmas list who has everything. “Each $20 donation to the Plan...

Community Calendar

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Mesa Verde lights Cliff Palace