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New law restricts how county commissioner districts are drawn

A new state law sets new rules for how powerful Colorado county commissions redraw their political boundaries. It currently applies only to three counties, but would apply to counties with growing...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis drops mask mandate for indoor spaces where at least 80% of people are fully vaccinated

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Sunday eased the state’s coronavirus mask mandate once again, this time to allow people gathering in indoor spaces to ditch their face coverings as long as 80% of those...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Creative District to host BurroFest

The Journal Mancos Creative District will host the Mancos BurroFest at noon June 19 in downtown Mancos. The daylong, free, family-friendly festival features a wide variety of burro-centric...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of student

A Mancos High School teacher was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student. Armando Lee-Martinez, 28, was taken into custody by the Mancos Marshal’s Office after an...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife officials find human remains in bears’ stomachs

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife pathologist found human remains inside the stomachs of a sow and her yearling that wildlife officers suspect of killing and eating a 39-year-old woman Friday night...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman found dead after apparent bear attack

A 39-year-old woman was found dead Friday night off County Road 203 near Trimble, north of Durango, after what Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe was a bear attack. An autopsy on the...

DATE: May 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bears and Bulldogs fall short of state

VAIL and JOES – Dove Creek and Dolores entered Saturday’s 1A and 2A regional tournaments as the preeminent small-school volleyball programs from Southwest Colorado. The top two finishers in the...

DATE: May 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Defending Supercross champ Eli Tomac finishes third for 2021

Eli Tomac of Cortez, racing in the final 450 Supercross of the season, finished ninth Saturday in Salt Lake City and will return home in third place in the final standings. Cooper Webb, champion in...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Locals turn out for cleanup of Carpenter Natural Area

In an effort to beautify the Carpenter Natural Area, friends and neighbors from throughout Cortez donned gloves and set off with trash bags in all directions on the preserve Saturday morning. It...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Farmers Market to have 15 new vendors

Organizers of the Cortez Farmers Market expect more vendors and higher turnout this year as the event opens next month. The market will run on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. June 6 through...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman found dead after apparent bear attack

A 39-year-old woman was found dead Friday night off U.S. Highway 550 near Trimble, north of Durango, after what Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe was a bear attack. An autopsy on the...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

The most common COVID-19 vaccine side effects

Vaccine providers in Colorado have now administered somewhere north of 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. That’s a huge number, substantially larger than the number of flu vaccine doses given...

DATE: April 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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