Colette Czarnecki
Position: Journal staff writer

Colorado’s Low-income Energy Assistance Program applications are open

Households that receive an income of up to 60% of the state median income are eligible

Laura Lewis Marchino of Region 9 joins Colorado’s Policy Academy Coalition

The main objective is create healthy economies through the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness

Prescribed burn well underway 5 miles northeast of Dolores

San Juan National Forest’s Dolores Ranger District plans to burn on 1,094 acres

Mesa Verde will host NASA scientists and park rangers for Saturday’s eclipse

A high concentration of visitors is expected to crowd the park

Interior Department awards $1M to Wood for Life to help heat Indigenous communities’ homes

Seven other Indian Youth Service Corps grants were awarded throughout the nation as well

$2 million goes to Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute tribes from opioid settlements

‘It won’t have a huge impact, but it does help,’ Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairman says

Update: Collision kills one, injures two on U.S. 160 east of Mancos; highway reopens

Traffic backed up for miles; drivers urged to take detours

Colorado’s famed nature photographer John Fielder dies

Dedicated life to preserve, conserve state’s landscapes

Colorado’s public education system just improved for special education and multilingual families

HB23-1263 took effect Monday to reduce language barriers

Southwest Coloradans honor national parks

The nation honors the Great American Outdoors Act’s third anniversary

Woman faces murder charge in shooting Friday morning in Cortez

Shooting leads to shelter-in-place alert on south side of Cortez

Meet Cortez’s hot dog handyman

When local sports games lacked hot dogs, one resident stepped in