Cortez

This Christmas, incarnate the Christ Child in ourselves

Certainly the story of the first Christmas is set in an atmosphere of some unrest. Caesar Augustus had called for…

December 6, 2016

Bayfield artist’s work displayed at Olio in Mancos

Meckling paints landscapes in unconventional ways

December 6, 2016

Towaoc workshop shares business tips with Utes

Potential entrepreneurs learned the ins an outs of starting a small business at a workshop Monday in Towaoc.Jacob Klopfenstein/The Journal…

December 6, 2016

Close call: Semi swipes Subaru door on Main

A semitrailer traveling west Monday afternoon in the 10 block of West Main Street in downtown Cortez swiped the open…

December 5, 2016

Basketball roundup

Area teams kickoff 2016-17 season

December 5, 2016

Lady Panthers hit the road

Young M-CHS basketball team opens 2016-17 season on Tuesday

December 5, 2016

Parade lights up (and warms up) downtown Cortez

More than 50 floats participated in this year’s parade, fewer than in some past years, but enough to make the…

December 4, 2016

Cortez gets above-average precipitation in November

Precipitation higher than average after dry summer

December 3, 2016

County explores trail to Montrose

Trail would connect Cortez, Junction

December 3, 2016

BLM to use interactive online map for travel-plan comments

Interactive map allows public to comment on roads, trails

December 3, 2016

Kemper Elementary plans safety drill

“Parent reunification drills can be very chaotic in a true emergency, and we want to conduct this drill in order…

December 3, 2016

Could Trump derail a county master lease plan?

Oil and gas decision affects how county uses its natural and recreation resources

December 2, 2016

Cortez schools report reveals discipline stats

Tribe, Re-1 work to improve communication

December 1, 2016

Christmas tree goes up at Cortez Cultural Center

Top Line Installers use a crane Tuesday to bring in the Cortez Cultural Center Christmas tree, which stands about 30…

December 1, 2016

Cortez eighth-graders create Rube Goldberg machines

CMS students build over-engineered machines inspired by Rube Goldberg

November 30, 2016

M-CHS swimmers take aim at record book

Lady Panthers return seasoned swim team, add dive team

November 30, 2016

What can Trump do with water, coal and climate change?

What the president-elect can do when it comes to water, coal and climate change

November 30, 2016

Three sentenced in Montezuma domestic violence cases

du1-i-syn Klassen was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of third degree assault and domestic violence, according to a report from…

November 30, 2016

Semitrailer rollover closes lanes on U.S. 491

du1-i-syn The incident occurred about 10 p.m. at mile marker 2 on the highway, Lewis said. The semi had rolled…

November 30, 2016

Snow trucks plow and sand after first major Cortez snow

Trucks sand and plow in Cortez after weekend snow

November 29, 2016

Fort Lewis College students vandalize Native American ruins in Utah

Defacing occurred on college-led trip

November 29, 2016

Montezuma County agrees to adopt historic Bedrock bridge

Classic truss span could be used for recreation trail

November 29, 2016

Amid suicides, it is our responsibility to reach out

Because many will not ask for help, it is our responsibility to reach out

November 29, 2016

Rounding a barrel

Local cowgirl Jori Polich rounds a barrel in her race during the Four States Junior Rodeo Saturday at the Montezuma…

November 28, 2016