Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: jgonzalez@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6048

Hoedown raises $9,000 for School to Farm

A sea of over 300 people, many donning their best western attire, filled the VFW Mancos Opera House on Saturday night in support of the Montezuma School to Farm Project. Through ticket sales, food...

DATE: April 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Kinder Morgan to close office

Kinder Morgan has confirmed that it’s closing its Durango office and moving about 19 people to Cortez and Texas, as a result of the delay on its Lobos Pipeline and St. Johns CO2 source field...

DATE: April 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Council talking trike park, industrial park

The Cortez City Council on Tuesday night will take up issues including a public hearing on the potential Kiwanis Club tricycle park on the northeast side of town, a vote on building modifications...

DATE: April 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Library embarking on early literacy program

Free time in a typical, whirlwind work-week for most families is becoming extinct, and as a result, simple pastimes like reading are getting pushed out of ever-growing to-do lists.The struggle for...

DATE: April 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hampton Inn to open in May

The first new hotel built in Cortez in 20 years is set to open May 29, just in time for the tourism season, according to Hilton/Hampton Inn officials. The 38,000-square-foot, 74-guest-room...

DATE: April 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Beekeepers offer three-day course

Tina Sebestyen, founder and former president of the Four Corners Beekeepers Association, is teaching the basics to prospective apiarists in Cortez this week, as part of a three-day course beginning...

DATE: April 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - Living

Beekeepers offer three-day course

Tina Sebestyen, founder and former president of the Four Corners Beekeepers Association, is teaching the basics to prospective apiarists in Cortez this week, as part of a three-day course beginning...

DATE: April 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Beekeepers offer three-day course

Tina Sebestyen, founder and former president of the Four Corners Beekeepers Association, is teaching the basics to prospective apiarists in Cortez this week, as part of a three-day course beginning...

DATE: April 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Home show broadens appeal

The 15th annual Home and Garden Show kicks off Friday at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds, offering attendees a one-stop, no-pressure shop to browse products and services from local and regional...

DATE: April 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Does Devil’s Highway get bad rap?

As a two-lane, high speed highway with steady semi-truck traffic, a cruise down on U.S. 491 for even the experienced highway commuter can be hair-raising.It’s notorious among county residents who...

DATE: April 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local vets get care near home

Local veterans who qualify for a VA safety net program established by Congress in the wake of last summer’s wait-time scandal will soon be more likely to receive covered care at a non-VA facility. ...

DATE: April 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Signs of the season

Spring is officially here, and with it come high temperatures. As a result the National Weather Service’s Grand Junction office put a red flag warning in effect for most of Wednesday in Southwest...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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