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The animal rescue community on the Navajo Nation, where there are an estimated half-million stray dogs roaming the vast desert landscape, just lost one of its most selfless, staunch advocates....

U.S. Highway 160 was closed Thursday for about 45 minutes after a two-vehicle crash at County Road C south of Cortez. The Cortez Fire Protection District, Colorado State Patrol and other emergency...

Political change is blowing in the spring winds of Dolores. During Monday’s special board meeting, four new board members and a new mayor were sworn into office in front of 20 onlookers. The new...

The Journal’s website was offline for about an hour beginning about 6 a.m. Thursday because of a web service interruption. We apologize for the loss of service and any inconvenience that you might...

The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners has upheld additional regulations for septic systems in the county, despite efforts by one commissioner to revoke them. After a hearing April 2, the...

Olivia Story will graduate from Montezuma-Cortez High School with an honors diploma and $1,500 in scholarships for her honors presentation. Story won the scholarships for her honors diploma...

A 26-year-old man who died last November in the La Plata County Jail suffered a bruise that led to a blood clot that ultimately caused his death, but authorities are unsure how the man became...

During a public hearing on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council approved a conditional use permit to allow the Children’s Kiva Montessori School to move into the old Montezuma County Justice Building....

On Tuesday, the Cortez City Council approved a construction bid for the controversial Main Street median project, scheduled to be completed this summer. After swearing in two re-elected and three...

On a brisk Saturday afternoon in late March, hundreds of protestors gathered in a grassy field at Lincoln Park in Grand Junction, Colorado, a conservative stronghold of the state. Dressed in red...

A La Plata County man charged with 115 counts of animal cruelty in connection with a massive animal seizure in November pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Jeffery Jackson, 48, is scheduled for a jury...