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Colorado Democrats push changes to presidential electors

DENVER – After Donald Trump’s 2016 victory over an opponent who won 3 million more votes, Colorado’s Democrat-controlled Legislature is fast-tracking legislation to join other states in picking the...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos school board talks calendar, construction

The Mancos school board considered shortening school breaks and changing graduation dates during a work session before its regular meeting Tuesday night. The debates came up while board members...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lowry Pueblo gets 3D treatment

History Colorado has awarded Ekaterini Vlahos and Michael Nulty, of the University of Colorado Denver, a 2019 Stephen H. Hart Award for their recent work documenting the Lowry Pueblo, a national...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

BLM considers parking lot on contested roadway near Mancos

The Bureau of Land Management is considering adding a public parking lot on a contested “high use” road south of Mancos that could lose its maintenance, complicating public access. A Texas...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kate Wall’s ‘leap of faith’ at Zuma Natural Foods

With a little over a year under her belt as owner of Zuma Natural Foods, Kate Wall is now able to reflect on the twists, turns and people that led her to Mancos – and her new life. “There are a lot...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ben Gibson Duo at Outlier

Durango-based musicians the Ben Gibson Duo will take the stage at Outlier Cellars on Saturday night. Guitarist Ben Gibson and bassist Jim Belcher will perform at the cidery at 141 S. Main St. from...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Properties connected to marijuana raid under foreclosure

Three Montezuma County properties associated with a recent marijuana raid have been put on notice for foreclosure, according to recent legal notices submitted to The Journal. The three properties...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New restaurant regulations go into effect this year

Colorado has implemented new restaurant inspection regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The Colorado Retail Food Establishment Rules and Regulations are based on a national standard for retail...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fugitive felon from Dolores arrested after standoff in Durango

A convicted felon with a half dozen pending cases in Montezuma County Combined Courts was arrested Sunday in Durango after a two-hour standoff with police. Durango police were notified by the...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Storm track favors Southwest Colorado

Monday’s snowstorm brought total winter snowfall to 31.6 inches for Cortez, said Jim Andrus, local meteorologist for the National Weather Service. “That is four times the total snowfall of all last...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez standout Cordell Baer to play football at Adams State

For almost as long as he can remember, Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Cordell Baer has been a football player. During his time at Cortez Middle School, he was a standout. Shortly after...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Why do rural schools struggle to recruit, keep teachers?

Nyibol Bior, an overworked Longmont teacher, applied last April to the rural Dolores School District hoping for a fresh start. But she balked when a job offer as a special education teacher for the...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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