Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: jgonzalez@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6048

State grants Excelsior comment period

The Colorado Department of Health and Environment is finalizing the draft air permit for Western Excelsior Corp., and confirmed that a public comment period will be made available. The Air...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Town starts 2016 budget planning

The town is in the planning stage for the 2016 operating budget, and members of the Board of Trustees and department heads met on Aug. 5 to discuss goals and objectives for the next fiscal year. ...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two seek trustee post

A new town trustee could be appointed at Wednesday night's town board meeting, as two candidates have submitted letters of interest in serving on the board. According to paperwork field with the...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Water valve replacement causes daylong shutoff

In-town residents were without water for most of the day Monday as contractors worked on replacing three main water valves at the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado 184, as part of the...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Outdoor pot grows face ban

An ordinance that seeks to prohibit outdoor marijuana grow operations in Cortez’s city limits is scheduled to undergo a first reading at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night. The first reading...

DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Skanska mechanics to lead auto tech program at SCCC

Two former Skanska employees with over 50 years of mechanical experience between them have found a new career path in education, and are preparing to begin their first semester teaching at...

DATE: Aug. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Change.org petition started to expand Cortez skatepark

Owners and employees of new local business Colorado Skate Collective have started a Change.org petition in hopes of getting the city to expand the skatepark at Parque de Vida in Cortez. Colorado...

DATE: Aug. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Junior Livestock Sale brings in $170K

This year's Junior Livestock Sale, which featured 107 animals raised by local 4-H members, brought in a grand total of $170,450 at the Aug. 1 event at the Montezuma County Fair.The Saturday...

DATE: Aug. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

County voters face 0.4 percent hospital tax

County voters will be asked in November to approve a new sales-and-use tax to fund a $14.2 million overhaul of the 40-year-old Southwest Memorial Hospital. The ambitious project entails building a...

DATE: Aug. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Center talks about future

Next week, the public is invited to a meeting at the Cortez Cultural Center to discuss the nonprofit's future. The recently renamed The Cortez Center Inc. plans to lay out the facts and get...

DATE: Aug. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Center talks about future

Next week, the public is invited to a meeting at the Cortez Cultural Center to discuss the nonprofit's future. The recently renamed The Cortez Center Inc. plans to lay out the facts and get...

DATE: Aug. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Voters face hospital tax

County voters will be asked in November to approve a new sales-and-use tax to fund a $14.2 million overhaul of the 40-year-old Southwest Memorial Hospital. The ambitious project entails building a...

DATE: Aug. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

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