Builders group accepting scholarship applications

The Four Corners Builders Association is taking applications for 2014 continuing education scholarships. Two will be given in May. Applicants are asked to submit a cov...

Pile burns planned at Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park fire management staff plans to implement a pile burn this month in the park. The burn will take place on Chapin Mesa with one large pile near the four-way...

Builders group accepting applications for scholarships

For The Cortez Journal The Four Corners Builders Association is accepting applications for the 2014 continuing education scholarships. Two scholarships will be given ou...

FLC student joins Region 9

The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado recently hired Ryan Pakieser, a finance major at Fort Lewis College, to work jointly with Region 9 and the Small Business Dev...

Patriot Pen Essay Contest winner

State air-quality board to tackle gas-and-oil pollution

DENVER – Colorado gas and oil companies could soon face some of the country’s strictest air quality rules. The state air quality board expects to meet four or five days starting W...

Labeling of beef divides producers

Policy gives consumers choice, but some local ranchers don’t buy it

Mancos businesses miss the love during water crisis

The water crisis made for a bittersweet Valentine’s week in Mancos. The town was without drinkable water for five and a half days, and many restaurants were forced to close for se...

King of the county

Potential for oil, gas development is here, but Kinder Morgan rules block

Stewards of the Land: Crepuscular creatures and animal sleeping habits

Crepuscular creatures abound in our area. Some are mammals. Others are birds. Some are insects. Others are fish, even reptiles. With all this variety, what are the...

Mancos High junior organizing heart-health fundraiser

Jessica Willburn faced two heart surgeries when she was 14 years old, and now as a junior at Mancos High School, she is organizing a local fundraiser for the American Heart Association. ...

Students learn about ruins

Archaeologists give Lowry field trips to local schoolchildren