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Jim Mimiaga
Position: Journal staff writer

Cross country skiing offered at Mesa Verde

National park has groomed trails, snowshoe rentals

Montezuma County looking into broadband Internet

Plan would also expand communications services

Four Corners School of Outdoor Education shows off new discovery center

MONTICELLO, Utah – Sitting at the crossroads of the vast Colorado Plateau, this quaint town of 2,000 is surrounded by national parks, mountains, rivers and red rock canyons that define the r...

Montezuma County faces health challenges, professionals report

Poverty, education are main driving factors

Road closures aim to protect wildlife

House Creek road, others close to vehicles

Two arrested in BLM land pot grow in Southwestern Colorado

465 pounds of marijuana, 1,200 plants seized along Dolores River

Groups help restore Dolores River

The Dolores River Boating Advocates are continuing their efforts to restore the health of the river below McPhee Dam. The group planted native grasses and trees near the San Miguel confluenc...

Pueblo leaders press for protection of sacred cultural sites Native Americans give perspectives on oil-and-gas development

Prominent members of the Santa Ana and Acoma pueblos are concerned oil and gas development could destroy sacred sites in the Four Corners. During a panel discussion Saturday at th...

BLM panel meets looking to set rules to ease oil and gas drilling impacts in Montezuma, La Plata counties

Residents urge additional protections

Wetherills’ Quaker roots defined relations with Native Americans

When the Wetherills arrived in the Mancos Valley in 1879, they brought a humanitarian ethic that clashed with Native American policy, says relative and historian Harvey Leake. Lea...

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument grazing discussed

Tour highlights chasm between ranchers, environmentalists

Mesa Verde's historic visitor center needs tenant

Mesa Verde's historic visitor center needs to pay for itself