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A 26-year-old woman broke into a Colorado State Patrol substation east of Cortez earlier this month and activated the fire alarm to seek emergency help after she rolled her Mazda 3 off U.S. Highway...

The Journal publishes local restaurant inspection reports provided monthly by the Montezuma County Health Department. Inspections of all retail food facilities are done yearly, and in some cases,...

Five days before Election Day, election forecast blog FiveThirtyEight predicted incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton had a nearly 90 percent chance of winning the election and keeping his seat. Sure...

The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners approved a plan to reduce the amount of non-native Russian olive trees in the county. Commissioners Keenan Ertel and James Lambert voted for the program,...

DENVER – Wholesale marijuana prices in Colorado have fallen by a third in just the past 12 months, continuing a price crash that began soon after the drug was legalized. Although this implies that...

A high-speed car chase that started Friday in Colorado ended in San Juan County, New Mexico, according to Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll. Driscoll said around 11:30 a.m. a trooper...

Stay tuned for more snow – that’s the message from the National Weather Service. Thursday’s storm is just one of many in the forecast for Southwest Colorado in the coming week, said meteorologist...

For the past 25 years, beginning right after Thanksgiving and running up to Christmas, country music icon Michael Martin Murphey has been bringing his Cowboy Christmas show to towns across the...

The future of elk in Southwest Colorado is in jeopardy. Over the past few years, herds in the region have been slowly dying off, and wildlife officials are concerned about the iconic ungulate’s...

Dozens of locals and their dogs dressed up for the 15th annual For Pet’s Sake Humane Society Cortez Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. “It looks like more than last year,” said Marian Rohman. “The...