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DENVER – Counties across Colorado are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to send inmates across county lines for incarceration, government officials said Monday at the first County...

The only casualty was the beer – about 42,100 pounds of it. Last week, a semi-truck driver was westbound on Wolf Creek Pass when the brakes went out just over the top of the pass, said Durango...

DENVER – Lawmakers are hoping to take a successful program that gives free access to public lands to fourth-grade students and their families and turn it into a law. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton,...

Thanks to strong pitching, timely hitting and nearly flawless defense, a Little League all-star team from Southwest Colorado is headed to the U.S. regional tournament in Texas.The team’s...

When Yvonne Bilinski came to direct the Native American Center at Fort Lewis College 11 years ago, it lacked sufficient funding, staff, programs and broad appeal. “Everybody I heard called it the...

Former Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Adam Alcon pleaded guilty on July 5 to a charge of official misconduct, according to a statement released Friday by Deputy District Attorney Sheena...

DENVER – Staffing and funding will be priorities of discussion Monday when the County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee will hold the first of...

In a river report card released Thursday, Conservation Colorado gave the Dolores River a D-minus based on low flows below McPhee Dam.The environmental group says improved dam management is needed...

Many Montezuma County hunting enthusiasts turned out Saturday for the grand opening of the new Goods for the Woods store in Cortez. The family-owned sporting goods store has been open in Durango...

The Montezuma Hearing Clinic held its first appreciation dinner for veteran clients. The clinic, on Cottonwood Street in Cortez, provides hearing aids for a large number of Montezuma County...

The Journal The Bureau of Land Management on Friday lifted Stage 1 fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in Southwest Colorado, saying that recent precipitation and a forecast for rain have...