BLM offers firewood permits for ponderosa pine logs

The Journal The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office is offering firewood permits for ponderosa pine logs to the public following work to clear the Tri-State Generat...

Ag summit planned for Jan. 16 at Montezuma County Fairgrounds

The Journal The second annual Agriculture Outlook, Strategies and Economic Summit has been scheduled for Jan. 16 at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. The free event run...

Cortez pets go on parade for 12 Strays of Christmas

Local businesses support animal shelter by sponsoring animals

Asbestos being removed from retired high school

Demolition planned for summer

City of Cortez approves $32 million budget for 2018

Spending on construction, wages will increase about $1 million

National parks cut back on free days

Money needed for backlogged maintenance, officials say

Dry weather raises fire danger in Southwest Colorado

San Juan National Forest offers fire-safety tips

Appeals court keeps uranium mining ban around Grand Canyon but allows nearby mine

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a 20-year ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon National Park but ruled in a separate case that a uranium company could op...

Local schools respond to Aztec High School shooting

Schools hold drills and address concerns in wake of attack

Agency consents to coal lease expansions in western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has given consent to expansions of two federal coal leases that would allow a mine to access land beneath the Sunset Roadless Area in w...

Hickenlooper, 11 governors urge Congress to continue CHIP program

Thousands of children stand to lose health insurance

Southern Utes candidates compete in runoff election

New chairman and two councilors will be selected Friday