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SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church’s gradual embrace of the digital age for missionaries took another step forward this month as the religion announced it is nearly doubling the missions where...

At the tip-a-firefighter fundraiser at JFargo’s on Saturday, two families won the opportunity to go trick-or-treating with a firefighter. The winning families gathered Monday at the Cortez Fire...

The Indian Health Service — the federal agency tasked with providing health services to Native American communities — has long been the go-to health care provider for tribes in New Mexico and...

A wet southern storm that collided with cool northern air failed to produce as much snow as expected Monday night and Tuesday morning in the San Juan Mountains north of Durango. Highway officials...

A Mancos school principal and another staff member were given two-day leaves of absence on Oct. 16, according to district Superintendent Brian Hanson. In an interview with The Journal on Oct. 25,...

After several months of discussion, the Mancos town board voted Wednesday to approve a change to the land use code governing the commercial district. In August, a property owner in the town’s...

Many voters in the Mancos school district have gotten an early start on voting ahead of Tuesday’s mail-in election. Montezuma County Clerk Kim Percell said 648 Mancos voters had mailed in ballots...

The Journal A Suicide Prevention Community Summit has been scheduled at Montezuma-Cortez High School on Nov. 15, at 5:30 p.m. “This event is an opportunity to learn about suicide prevention...

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Southwest Colorado from 9 p.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Five to 10 inches of snow, with up to 14 inches in isolated areas, is...

Dennis Banks, who helped found the American Indian Movement and engaged in sometimes-violent uprisings against the U.S. government, including the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973, died at...

The Montezuma-Cortez Marching Panthers on Monday placed fourth in the 2017 Class 2A state finals. The Classical Academy won the competition with a score of 72.65, followed by D’Evelyn High School...