The Journal Cortez Public Library will participate in the One Book Colorado program give a free book to 4-year-olds using curbside delivery service from Oct. 13 to 25. Current library hours are 10...

Medics responded Friday to a water heater explosion about 3 miles north of Allison near the La Plata-Archuleta line. The blast near Archuleta County Road 988 reportedly injured one person, causing...

Colorado’s drought conditions have worsened this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly 90 percent of the state is in a severe drought, and more than half is considered in extreme...

Archuleta County reported its first COVID-19 outbreak at a hunting outfitter company called HG Guide Services. Claire Macpherson with San Juan Basin Public Health said three confirmed cases and one...

Nineteen students at Animas Valley Elementary began a quarantine Thursday after a potential exposure to a person displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Because of the severity of the symptoms the...

The chairman of the election board for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has left his post after engaging in contentious exchanges with Towaoc and Cortez-area residents on social media over political...

A Cortez woman died Tuesday evening on Colorado Highway 145, after falling from the roof of a moving vehicle, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The deceased victim was identified as Amy A....

The 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has been disqualified from further prosecuting a Pagosa Springs man accused of child sex assault after District Attorney Christian Champagne broke a...

Drivers are urged to use extra caution this fall as deer and elk begin to migrate from the high country. Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Joe Lewandowski said deer have already started their...

The year’s first human case of the West Nile virus was reported Thursday in La Plata County, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause...