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Pleasant View plans $1 million new fire station

Funding in place, chief says, grants will be sought too

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez grad Tara Abrams attends national convention

Herald Staff Writer Two local students, Tara Abrams of Cortez and Alexandra Dobbs of Durango, were named among the 34 Fort Lewis College students and two faculty members who atten...

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Southwest Colorado counties become ‘rural jump-start zones’

Colorado Economic Development Commission approved Archuleta, Dolores, Montezuma and San Juan counties Sept. 21 as “rural jump-start zones.” Pueblo Community College is the designa...

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

New skin spa opens in Cortez

Serenity Spa to hold grand opening Nov. 9

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

What’s next for a Grand Canyon tram?

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Lawmakers on the country’s largest American Indian reservation have shot down a measure to build an aerial tram to take visitors to a riverside boardwalk in the Grand Cany...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forest Service battles against illegal marijuana farms

Drug cartels on federal land pose enormous environmental and financial costs

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mom pleads guilty to leaving boy in frigid car overnight

THORNTON – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to leaving her 2-year-old son alone in a car overnight during a snowstorm when the temperature reached minus 8 degrees. The Adams Co...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Controversy burns over methane rule

Interior Department seeks one-year delay

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lady Bears open regionals with win over Telluride

Dolores volleyball team feeds off home crowd during dominant performance

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County recovery coordinator hired

Silverton resident Melanie Russek begins work this month as a part-time San Juan economic development/recovery coordinator. This position, funded by the Economic Development Administration w...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Cortez library offers Thanksgiving crafts

The Journal The Cortez Public Library is offering a Thanksgiving program. “From now till Thanksgiving, children may drop by the Cortez Public Library and pick up a Than...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Renewing the conversation about sexual harassment

Cortez activists show support for sexual assault victims

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News