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A Black Hawk helicopter touched down at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School Tuesday afternoon as part of an annual anti-drug campaign. Members of the Colorado National Guard – some of whom flew in via...

The cost of renting a two-bedroom home in Durango rose 20% in four years, bringing the median cost to $1,400 per month, according to a new housing report. Region 9 Economic Development District of...

DENVER – Voters narrowly made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in “magic mushrooms.” Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary...

HIGHLANDS RANCH — When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, pinning the attacker to the wall before Castillo was...

Plans to develop the old Calkins building are moving forward, as the Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a conditional-use permit to allow for a possible multifamily...

Montezuma County commissioners are urging a telecommunication company to consider another location for a tower planned in a commercial and residential neighborhood south of Cortez. AT&T is seeking...

Journal Staff Report The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for eastern Utah and western Colorado. Beginning today, showers and thunderstorms will become widespread as a...

Tina Deschenie’s mother was always impeccably dressed. She was also tough as nails, able to drive an old pickup truck through “fierce road conditions” every day to work. And she is the subject of...

McPhee Reservoir managers are predicting a whitewater boating release from the dam in time for Memorial Day weekend. The reservoir is rising more than a foot per day, and irrigation diversion...

Montezuma and La Plata counties could see scattered thunderstorms through the week, according to the National Weather Service. Moisture is expected to move into the area Tuesday and persist through...