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The Dolores area experienced successes and controversy in 2017. News ran the gamut, from land use, a troubled playground, bears and wildfires, to new health clinics, record winter snows and an epic...

Cortez had a busy year, full of changes and new beginnings. Some of the most popular stories of 2017 on The-Journal.com were related to proposed projects and policy changes from City Hall and the...

Seven people have been charged in a check cashing and wire transfer scheme that withdrew $17,599 from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe government fund. The felony charges were filed Dec. 13 in U.S....

Posthumous publishing isn’t uncommon when it comes to writers who were as prolific as Louis L’Amour. Sometimes, the volume of unpublished work is big enough that what comes after their deaths ends...

From the top of a dry mesa in southern New Mexico, the Chihuahua Desert looks like an ocean, a vast stretch of sand and mesquite that fades away into hazy light. Southward, the land appears...

Turkey and all the trimmings were served to about 440 people during the Cortez Christmas dinner on Monday. Like a giant extended family, residents have come together for 27 years to share a meal at...

Heidi McIntosh’s first case as an environmental lawyer in the early 1990s was an attempt to block a coal mine in a remote red rock region of southern Utah. The area is a treasure trove of dinosaur...

Over the course of the 2017 season, stellar tackling by Cameron Fury, bone rattling blocks by Casey Orange, stellar defensive plays by Matthew Broughton, perfectly throws by Justin Purkat and...

When Kitty Benzar bought her house in Colorado’s San Juan National Forest 30 years ago, federal law prohibited land-management agencies from charging people to use undeveloped public lands, like...

The Dolores town board passed the 2018 budget recently. The budget is based on an estimated income of $921,731, derived from utility fees, grants, property taxes and sales taxes. Total expenses to...