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Former nonprofit director sentenced to two days in jail

The former executive director of a Cortez nonprofit that serves victims of domestic violence was sentenced Tuesday to two days in jail an ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution for stealing from the...

DATE: March 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Girl Scouts head to NASA

After Mancos Girl Scout Troop 24652 visited the Denver Aquarium in 2016, they enjoyed themselves so much they decided to aim higher for future journeys. So their troop leader, Frieda Knezek, gave...

DATE: March 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

416 Fire investigation taking ‘longer than expected,’ Forest Service says

The investigation into the cause of the 416 Fire is taking “longer than expected,” a spokeswoman with the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday. Denise Alonzo, who recently took on the job of...

DATE: March 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos burns winter away with annual Melt

The town of Mancos ushered in spring this past weekend with bed racing, putt-putt golf and a giant bonfire. The annual Mancos Melt aims to brush away winter blues through a series of wacky and...

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College offers scholarships to San Juan College students

Students at San Juan College in Farmington with an associate’s degree and a GPA of 2.75 or higher will be offered scholarships to make up the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition....

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Mountain Pass could be closed for another two weeks

Red Mountain Pass on U.S. Highway 550 could be closed for two more weeks as crews work around the clock to dig out the road from record snowfall and avalanches. The pass between Silverton and Ouray...

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native Americans say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as relics of the past: the Indian maiden on the butter container at the...

DATE: March 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Coroner rules deaths near Oxford a murder, suicide

A La Plata County man shot and killed his girlfriend, then shot himself, at a home east of Oxford on Sunday, according to the county coroner. Edward Ogden, 57, shot Gloria Casias, 63, multiple...

DATE: March 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

The empowering effect of business ownership

Stephanie Sands, a single mother who worked for five years as an employee cleaning houses and running property maintenance errands, now owns and runs Home Huggers Durango, a new role for her that...

DATE: March 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Cortez working through land use code update

The Cortez City Council has completed the first of three work sessions to review an update to the city’s land use code. On March 12, City Planner Tracie Hughes guided City Council through a brief...

DATE: March 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hemp is hot topic at agricultural expo in Montezuma County

There is no stereotype of an industrial hemp farmer. From academics to marijuana producers, urban farm activists to generational ranchers – it seems there’s a place for everyone in the burgeoning...

DATE: March 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Guy Drew property in McElmo Canyon faces foreclosure

A parcel of land owned by local vintners Guy and Ruth Drew is currently under foreclosure, according to a recent legal notice submitted to The Journal. The property in question is situated along...

DATE: March 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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