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Tipton, Mitsch Bush exchange jabs in attack ads

Candidates running for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District have created several commercials during their campaigns, many of them attacking their opponents and some highlighting their own...

DATE: Oct. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Snow expected this week in San Juan Mountains

Snow is expected to return this week to the high country of the San Juan Mountains. Megan Stackhouse, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction , said a cold front is...

DATE: Oct. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Driver in Mancos rollover walks away with minor scratches

A 22-year-old Cortez man walked away from a rollover crash near Mancos early Saturday morning with superficial injuries. Colorado Highway Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said the single-vehicle incident...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Before changes, Kiva parents criticized school leadership for over a year

Emails obtained by The Journal show that parents complained about the leadership of the Children’s Kiva Montessori School for more than a year before the head of school and two board members...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Mancos will host No. 15 Merino in state playoffs

On a night in which its seniors and its fans turned out in droves despite a chilly breeze, the Mancos High School football team would not be denied perfection as it defeated Dove Creek, 50-16, on...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Update: Two girls may face charges after Cortez student is stabbed

A male Montezuma-Cortez High School student was stabbed in the leg in an assault on Friday near Walmart. Police say there are two juvenile female suspects. Cortez Police Lt. Andy Brock said Monday...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Will Gov. John Hickenlooper run for president?

Durango Herald reporter Bret Hauff asked outgoing Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper if he will run for president of the United States. The guv has been notoriously...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado tourism industry borrows battlefield acronym to describe tough year

The past year in Southwest Colorado has been tough for the tourism industry. Perhaps not as brutal as a Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan, but brutal enough that regional business leaders in tourism...

DATE: Oct. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Wolf Creek Ski Area battles aftermath of beetle kill

Wolf Creek Ski Area has removed an estimated 4,000 trees killed from beetle infestation this summer on about 150 acres. Crews on the ground cut the trees down and then a helicopter flew the dead...

DATE: Oct. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

PBS docuseries ‘Native America’ recreates cultures pre-1492

ALBUQUERQUE – The story of Native America taught in U.S. public schools usually begins at contact with European explorers. Children then get lessons about Thanksgiving, maybe the Trail of Tears or...

DATE: Oct. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Area reservoirs, at historic lows, rebounding with October rains

Turns out, despite years of devastating drought in Southwest Colorado, it doesn’t take too long for the region’s reservoirs to replenish. In 1977, Southwest Colorado’s third lowest water year in...

DATE: Oct. 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Deputy cleared in fatal McElmo Canyon shootout, then is fired

A U.S. attorney has cleared the Montezuma County sheriff deputy who killed a man during a shootout in McElmo Canyon in February, but the deputy has been fired for violating department policy. Sgt....

DATE: Oct. 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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