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Cortez, Dolores, Mancos papers will combine into The Journal

Ballantine Communications, Inc. will soon consolidate The Cortez Journal, Dolores Star and Mancos Times into one newspaper, named The Journal. Our local journalists and advertisin...

DATE: Aug 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

GST Liquors gives $10K to Cultural Center

Liquor store hopes others donate, too

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Utes invite VFW to Pow Wow

Last weekend, Ute war veterans organization celebrated their 2015 Pow Wow Day at the ceremonial grounds at the Ute Casino in Towaoc. This year, the veterans also invited Montezuma County Vol...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: First day of school

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Noxious daisy

Unseasonably wet spring forcing weed managers to get aggressive

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

The New M-CHS: Students eat made-from-scratch meals from new kitchen

It used to be school cafeterias served up pre-prepared, processed foods, much of it stored in 10-pound cans lining the storage room. Not at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School. ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Court briefs

Sex offender gets jail in probation case David Buck, 38, of Cortez, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after admitting that he violated his probation. Initially charged with failing...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Enjoy and preserve the month’s bounty

This is my favorite month, full of a variety of Palisade peaches, Olathe corn, Hatch chilies, Rocky Ford melons and berries, berries, berries. Last night was purely wonderful! My ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Cortez man claims ‘illegal sentence’ in child sex case

A Cortez man convicted of attempted child sex assault has argued that the court imposed an “illegal sentence.” In a four-page motion filed in June, public defender Amy R. Smith re...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Baxstrom is charged with attempted murder

Allegedly shot woman twice

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coalition calls for mining reforms after Gold King Mine spill

DENVER – A coalition of tribes, local governments and environmental groups Tuesday petitioned the federal government to change mining rules to prevent future contamination of drinking and re...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Insufficient’ planning cited in EPA investigation of Gold King Mine spill

DENVER – An internal investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency into the Gold King Mine spill found that an “insufficient” analysis of water pressure led to the spill. T...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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