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During a meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council took the first step toward asking taxpayers to decide the fate of the Recreation Center sales tax. Council members voted to approve the first...

Republican Marc Catlin is running to keep his 58th District House of Representative seat in the Colorado Legislature. The district includes Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel and Montrose counties....

A Telluride newspaperman is vying for the House 58th District seat in the Colorado Legislature. Democrat Seth Cagin, 64, was the editor and publisher for the Telluride Watch for 25 years, and has...

Could paragliders launching off of Smelter Mountain be a regular sight in Durango once again? At its monthly meeting Thursday in Denver, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission gave unanimous...

Fifteen minutes after his team defeated Mancos 73-66 in overtime on Jan. 9, Dolores High School head coach Larry Schwartz was still dripping with sweat and out of breath. Attempting to put into...

During a workshop on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council expressed uncertainty about a grant proposal from a local nonprofit that they voted to support in December. David Nuttle, of the Dolores-based...

Montezuma County got a break from a long dry spell Wednesday morning as storm systems dumped snow and rain throughout the region. The National Weather Service sent out a winter storm warning for...

By Emily Rice Journal Staff Writer Southwest Memorial Hospital welcomed its first baby of the new year on Jan. 4 at 8:07 a.m. Hannah May Stroud came in at 4 pounds and 14 ounces and was 18.25...

In light of the Aztec High School shooting , school safety weighed heavily on the minds of the board members at their daylong work retreat on Monday. The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District board...

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Board met for a daylong retreat on Monday to discuss strategic planning moving forward with the district. Before breaking into study groups, board members discussed...

The Town of Dolores has received final approval from Great Outdoors Colorado to remove playground equipment in Joe Rowell Park. The organization helped pay for the structure through a $100,000...