Purgatory Resort announces opening day

For the third year in a row, Purgatory Resort plans to open the weekend before Thanksgiving. According to a Thursday news release, the ski resort north of Durango will start offering rides up the...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Dolores Bears football team dreams big

Two weeks before the start of the prep football season, hope permeates the air around the Dolores High School football field. A brand-new locker room, complete with professional-style lockers...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dove Creek football team looking to gain experience

Heading into this season with a roster made up of five juniors, five sophomores, and 10 freshman, Shane Baughman is not quite sure what to expect. Dove Creek’s head football coach did say however,...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Panthers football team ready to rumble

In the locker room and on the practice field, the Montezuma-Cortez High School football team appear physically bigger and much faster than it has in previous seasons. Ask players what they expect...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Thayer Plewe enjoying junior golf circuit

Capping off an impressive summer in style, Cortez native Thayer Plewe won top honors in the Utah PGA junior program’s season-ending major championship at Hidden Valley Country Club on Aug. 14. For...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Elana Cope, of Cortez, is named to academic all-conference team

Elana Cope, of Cortez, has been named to the Midwest Conference’s Academic All-Conference list for the 2016-17 academic year and athletic season. Cope, whose major at Knox College is undecided, was...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Discarded fishing line kills osprey in northwest Colorado

The Journal When monofilament fishing line is left along a lake or river it can be harmful to wildlife. In early August, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer Andrea Sponseller reported finding a...

DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango teen to represent U.S. in climbing championships

Skylar Smith has an exciting month ahead of him: He will be starting college at Willamette University in Oregon, and was invited to represent the United States in the 2017 International Federation...

DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango dominates Leadville Trail 100 MTB race

Less than two weeks after dislocating his right shoulder, Howard Grotts dug as deep as he could to win one of the year’s most iconic marathon mountain bike races. The 24-year-old Durangoan claimed...

DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Doctors donate their time for athletes’ physicals

Before every prep sports season, students throughout Colorado flock to clinics to obtain sports physicals, which are a prerequisite to participation in middle school and high school athletics....

DATE: Aug. 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez swimmers compete in prestigious meet

Competing at the 2017 Arena Western Zone Senior Championships in Fresno, California, Aug. 1-5, Cortez’s top two swimmers represented Southwest Colorado well.Duran sets high standard Leading the way...

DATE: Aug. 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ranch Rodeo entertains while showcasing rugged life

For as long as Mancos resident Kole Yeomans can remember, summers have been spent riding horses and rustling cattle on ranches throughout the Southwest, including his family’s ranch near Mancos....

DATE: Aug. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

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