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The Journal The Bureau of Land Management Farmington Field Office is initiating emergency fire prevention restrictions on public lands in San Juan County, beginning Saturday, due to high fire...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton said he is optimistic a massive spending bill that failed in the House last week will pass later this year. The farm bill is a $867 billion bill that serves as a...

The Durango Adult Education Center will hold its graduation on Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. According to Cortez site manager Al Huckins, one of the Cortez graduates...

Voters will be asked in November if term limits for the 22nd Judicial District Attorney should be extended from two four-year terms, to three four-year terms. The district covers Montezuma and...

World history will not be offered at Montezuma-Cortez High School next year as the school “transitions” into a more flexible schedule for students. In an email to The Journal, Principal Jason...

MANCOS – Local entrepreneurs in this small Southwest Colorado town see potential for a thriving local hemp industry, but they need area farmers to jump on board. Green Lynx Farms built a...

On Tuesday, the Cortez City Council gave Public Works Director Phil Johnson permission to seek a civil engineering consultant to oversee parts of the Main Street median project. In his presentation...

Cortez’s celebration of Historic Preservation Day on Saturday drew a bigger crowd than usual, as historians took people for a walk down memory lane. For the city’s ninth Preservation Day event,...

Pueblo Community College, including its campuses in Mancos and Durango, will offer an online program for a bachelor’s degree in nursing in fall 2019. Paula Kirchner, who will soon assume the duties...

Twelve Mancos sophomores were inducted into the Cyril Conway chapter of the National Honor Society on May 14. According to an email Tuesday from faculty adviser Adyan Farrar, students with a...

Kathie Butler, owner of the Nature Center at Butler Corner, plans to open a visitors center and weaving shop to make her property more guest-friendly. Butler has operated the Nature Center on her...