Heart and Soul program wraps up

Vision for Cortez report will be published

Turf war ends with agreement

DENVER – The Legislature will not place limits on the size of suburban lawns, senators decided Friday. But like a dandelion plucked from a nice green yard, the debate is bound to ...

The Wow Factor

When it came to wrestling this year, Southwest Colorado was downright impressive. Montezuma-Cortez and Dove Creek high schools each sent three wrestlers to Denver. At the end, four wrestlers...

Sheriff’s Office gets $60K demand

Two arrested last summer allege rough treatment

You saw it first on Facebook

A fire on Main Street. The Mancos water crisis. Seager Oliver’s title run. The Cortez Journal reports news as it happens on Facebook.com/Cortez Journal. This weekend, Ian MacLaren and Sam ...

K-9 Search and Rescue honors one of its own

The K-9 Search and Rescue Team, headquartered in Dolores, was honored to attend a memorial service in Los Alamos, N.M., for Bob Cowen this past Sunday. Cowen was a pioneer in sear...

Who’s next?

Few Colorado women in top spots in politics, but that could change

City Hall weighs liquor license

KSJD planning community theater

Journal wins 30 awards in state contests

DENVER – The Cortez Journal won more than 30 awards in Colorado’s two major newspaper contests Friday in Denver. Photographer Sam Green won a dozen awards for his pictures and two...

Officers elected to state electric co-op association

A new president has been elected to lead the board of the Colorado Rural Electric Association, the statewide service organization that represents Colorado’s electric cooperatives. ...

St. Barnabas planning pancake supper event

Fundraiser to benefit Grace’s Kitchen; Cortez notables will flip pancakes

Most gas leasing in state is on private land

In 2012, 90 percent of applications were on non-federal lands