Mancos trustees approve water tank and internet project

Construction includes fiber planning

Collision on U.S. 160 east of Cortez sends driver to hospital

Second vehicle veers off road, drives through fence

Drought expands across Southwest; Oklahoma is at ground zero

ALBUQUERQUE – Drought is tightening its grip across a wide swath of the American Southwest as farmers, ranchers and water managers throughout the region brace for what’s expected to be more ...

Southwest Colorado Community College to host job fair

The Journal The southwest campus of Southwest Colorado Community College will host a job fair on Tuesday, April 10, from 9 to 11 a.m. More than a dozen employers are ex...

Vail police find injured woman inside neighborhood dumpster

VAIL, Colorado — Vail police say they found a 31-year-old woman injured inside a small, neighborhood dumpster. The Vail Daily reports police found the woman early Tuesday cold a...

Data show coal production in Colorado picked up in 2017

Associated Press GRAND JUNCTION — Data show that Colorado coal production surpassed 15 million tons (14 million metric tons) last year, an improvement from 2016. The Da...

Colorado’s genetically pure bison herd gains lab-born calf

Associated Press FORT COLLINS — A bison calf has been born at Colorado State University using a process that manually combines an egg and sperm in a laboratory. The Col...

Tourism trends upward in Montezuma County tourism

Lodgers tax, visitation numbers rise in 2017

Man accused of chaining woman in sex slave case gets 6 years

GRAND JUNCTION — A Colorado man accused of keeping a woman chained in his basement over the course of several months has been sentenced to six years in prison and three years of parole in ex...

Southwest Studies to open exhibit ‘Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings’

The Journal The Museum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will open the exhibit “Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings” on Wednesday, April 4, with a free receptio...

Pinnacol Assurance issues $291K in general dividends to Montezuma County employers

The Journal Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurer, is distributing $291K in workers’ compensation dividend checks this month to 394 Montezuma County...

Adams State offers master’s degree in public administration

The Journal Adams State University will begin offering a Master of Arts degree in Humanities with an emphasis in public administration during the summer session, beginning June 3....