Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: jgonzalez@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6048

Cortez code-enforcement actions rise 513%

Data collected by the Cortez Planning and Building department since 2012 shows there’s been a roughly 513 percent increase in code-enforcement actions over the past three years as the city tightens...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

GST Liquors gives $10K to Cultural Center

Grant Smith, owner of GST Liquors in Dolores, has donated $10,000 to help keep the Cortez Cultural Center afloat as it wades through its budget crisis. It’s the first sizable donation the nonprofit...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Elks offering food backpacks for vets

If you’re a disabled veteran and need food and basic supplies, the Cortez Elks Lodge is stepping up to help. Thanks to a $2,000 Beacon grant from the National Elks Foundation, the local lodge...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Personal outdoor pot growing banned

It’s now illegal in Cortez to grow pot outdoors for personal use. An ordinance passed this week by the Cortez City Council clarified previous ordinances that banned outdoor grows for medical and...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Unlimited Learning receives $450,000 grant for training

In an effort to help locals get a foothold in the health-care and energy industries, Unlimited Learning Center in Cortez is working to prepare students for entry-level career or postsecondary paths...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - Education

GST gives $10,000 to Cultural Center

Grant Smith, owner of GST Liquors in Dolores, has donated $10,000 to help keep the Cortez Cultural Center afloat as it wades through its budget crisis. It's the first sizable donation the nonprofit...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Unlocking the ancients

Local artist Jan Wright held an intimate workshop at the Mancos Public Library last week, helping attendees use her handcrafted Hands of the Ancients medicine cards to receive guidance and energy...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Excelsior proposals on tap for board

The town may be moving forward on options to help reach a consensus on how to move forward in the debate over Western Excelsior particulates. Many of the options up for consideration were first...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Banks consolidated this weekend

The two Mancos Valley Bank branches were officially converted to Dolores State Bank ownership this weekend. Dolores State Bank president Ed Merritt said that the change won’t have much of an effect...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Kemper joins School-to-Farm project with adobe oven

Volunteers have spent the summer getting Kemper Elementary School’s garden ready for an inaugural start of the Montezuma School-to-Farm project. School-to-Farm has been hosting volunteer days in...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Unlimited Learning gets $450K grant

In an effort to help locals get a foothold in the health-care and energy industries, Unlimited Learning Center in Cortez is working to prepare students for entry-level career or postsecondary paths...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cahone plant now producing helium

Scientists and balloon-enthusiasts rejoice: A $134 million helium plant in Cahone, three years in the making, celebrated its first week of production at a dedication ceremony this week. Operator of...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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