Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: jgonzalez@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6048

Town of Mancos to introduce 2016 budget next week

The town of Mancos is putting the finishing touches on the 2016 budget before it comes to the town board of trustees for introduction next week. According to the tentative budget presented at an...

DATE: Oct. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Special Olympics Bowlers headed to regionals

The Cortez Special Olympics Bowling Team is headed to regionals again this year, and coach Marcy Alvaz says the team of 12 bowlers is ready to take home a victory. Fourteen bowlers ranging in age...

DATE: Oct. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Open School: SWOSology at 30 years

Southwest Open School hits a milestone this year, as it celebrates 30 years of offering an educational alternative for high school students in Montezuma County.Tucked into a pocket off of Main...

DATE: Oct. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

City to pay $2.99M for Journal building

The City of Cortez is under contract to purchase the 25,000-square-foot, $2.995 million Journal building from the Ballantine family to house City Hall operations. City Manager Shane Hale said the...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos looking into water dock options

The town is looking into the feasibility of upgrading the payment system at the Mancos Water Dock, after recent vocal complaints from users about the machine’s susceptibility to jams. The dock, at...

DATE: Oct. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos library will ask voters for help

After years of operating and offering community programming with declining revenue, the Mancos Library District will ask voters in the spring to support an additional 1.5 mills to buoy the entity’s...

DATE: Oct. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Up, up and away

As the sun rose over Mancos early Friday morning, so did Mancos Valley Balloon Fest pilots, their volunteer ground crews and eager spectators. The 11th annual weekend event, which brings in...

DATE: Oct. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cultural Center plans to keep Cortez building, for now

Leaders at the Cortez Cultural Center said that feedback in the past few months has helped them find a path to keep the iconic Market Street building without drastically changing its mission, but...

DATE: Oct. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Summer tourism sees uptick from 2014

Summer tourism got off to a hot and fast start this year, with local industry experts reporting a better season than 2014. Kelly Kirkpatrick, director of local tourism marketing arm Mesa Verde...

DATE: Sept. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Donuts, drinks and dinner

A donut shop by day and a full-service restaurant boasting items like escargot, seared ostrich, french-style frog legs, steamed New Zealand fresh green lip mussels, is the latest eatery to set up...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

City seeks grant for School to Farm at Mesa

The Montezuma School to Farm Project is hoping to grow again with the addition of a garden at Mesa Elementary in Cortez, pending approval from the state for a Great Outdoors Colorado Grant. If...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

City audit shows strong 2014 finances

The city of Cortez got a clean bill of financial health, according to a recently completed audit. The audit, conducted by Englewood-based CPA firm, Holscher, Mayberry and Co. analyzed the city’s...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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