Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: jgonzalez@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6048

Board seeks opt-in for new historic district

Montezuma Avenue is often billed by realtors as a historic district, but a new effort by the Cortez Historic Preservation Board is aiming to make it official. If approved by Cortez City Council,...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ranching industry celebrates at 2015 banquet

The Cortez Elks Lodge was a sea of Stetsons and smiling women on Saturday night as over 350 members of the Southwest Colorado Livestock Association and their families gathered to celebrate and...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Wayne Goodall is Stockman of Year

The Cortez Elks Lodge was a sea of Stetsons and smiling women on Saturday night as over 350 members of the Southwest Colorado Livestock Association and their families gathered to celebrate and...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Ranching industry names Wayne Goodall Stockman of Year

The Cortez Elks Lodge was a sea of Stetsons and smiling women on Saturday night as over 350 members of the Southwest Colorado Livestock Association and their families gathered to celebrate and...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Officials provide updates at Livestock Association meeting

While most of the county was enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures on Saturday, Feb. 14, members of the Southwest Colorado Livestock Association gathered at the Cortez Elks Lodge for a state...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Medicine Man now recreational

Main Street marijuana shop Medicine Man has officially branched out into main stream recreational sales.Owner Sherry Garcia confirmed that the shop opened for recreational sales to customers 21 and...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Local musicians take stage for an evening of jazz

When most of people think of cities that are havens for jazz musicians, it’s unlikely Cortez comes to mind, but local arts nonprofit Southwest Colorado Concerts aims to change that with its latest...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Council OKs two shops to sell pot

After unanimous approval on Feb. 10 from the Cortez City Council, Durango Organics and the Medicine Man have conditional approval to sell recreational pot in city limits, contingent upon their...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

State ranks low for measles vaccination

As news of a measles outbreak spread across the nation last week, data indicated that the vaccination rate for Colorado pre-kindergarten and kindergartners was the lowest in the U.S., at 81.4...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Mancos couple open Pie Maker cafe

This Valentine's Day, a new business hopes to warm hearts and fill stomachs of dessert lovers as it opens its doors to the public. The Pie Maker, Mancos couple Shani Winer and Tim Stubbs' labor of...

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

Swimmers headed to state

For the first time in 15 years, six Montezuma-Cortez High School girls swim team members qualified for the 2015 state championship meet in Denver, after a victorious run at regionals. Several...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

City seeks broker for industrial park

The city of Cortez has issued a request for proposals for a commercial real estate broker to assist with the development and marketing of 19 acres designated for a new industrial park. In 2014, the...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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