Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: salderton@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6029

School to Farm program to hold annual fundraiser in Mancos

Harvest time is approaching, and with it the Montezuma School to Farm Project’s annual Homespun Supper fundraiser. The program, which organizes gardening and nutrition classes in all three...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County author publishes debut novel

Cortez resident Bethany Turner is about to become Montezuma County’s latest published storyteller. Turner, who has lived in the county ever since she moved there from Kentucky in 2001, is the...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Canyons of the Ancients artist performs at Anasazi Heritage Center

New Mexico musician Bonnie Schmader attempted to capture the sounds of Canyons of the Ancients in a concert at the Anasazi Heritage Center on Saturday. Schmader, the national monument’s artist in...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

International film festival returns to Sunflower Theatre in Cortez

An international short film festival will be shown in Cortez for the third time on Oct. 7. Since 2015, the Sunflower Theatre has joined hundreds of venues around the world in screening the...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Nine adults, child face charges in Cortez T-ball fight

Three months after a fight at a children’s T-ball game in Cortez, five new alleged combatants face assault and harassment charges. The fifth new defendant, a juvenile, also faces charges of...

DATE: Sept. 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos School bond committee plans outreach on ballot question

The Mancos School District is preparing for a fall election that will include a ballot measure to raise taxes for a school renovation. In June, the school district was approved for a nearly $20...

DATE: Sept. 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chris Eaton talks night photography at Mesa Verde

The latest artist-in-residence at Mesa Verde National Park gave photography-minded visitors a free guide to the night sky on Friday.Chris Eaton, a fine art photographer from Grand Junction, took...

DATE: Sept. 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Mounted patrol may ride through Geer, Carpenter parks

Two members of the new Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office mounted patrol team visited the Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry Advisory Board on Friday to ask for permission to ride through the...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Parents bring complaints against Dolores athletic director, coach

At a crowded Dolores School Board meeting on Sept. 14, several people brought complaints about the district’s athletic director and football coach, Chris Trusler. About six parents and...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Schools receive grant to build health clinic

After months of planning, the Dolores school district has received a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to build an on-campus health clinic. Dolores School District Re-4A applied for the...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez student receives Pinhead Institute Internship

Montezuma-Cortez High School student Danita Miles was one of 23 teens from Southwest Colorado to land an internship through the Pinhead Institute this year. The internship program was founded in...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Region 9 report reveals slight job growth in Montezuma County

Data recently released by the Region 9 Economic Development District show a slight increase in the number of jobs in Montezuma County in 2016, especially in the service sector. Region 9 economic...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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