The Journal The city of Cortez has set up two areas for residents to dispose of their Christmas trees through Jan. 10. They’re at the parking lot on the southeast corner of Elm and First streets...

Over the past two decades, apple preservationists Jude and Addie Schuenemeyer have identified more than a 1,000 apple varieties that once grew in Colorado’s orchards and backyards. But pinpointing...

When local sports fans look back at 2019, they will recall a 12-month period that included a spate of individual triumphs and a handful of the decade’s most successful male and female prep sports...

Road Runner Transit, one of the only public transportation operators in La Plata County, is thinning its routes in 2020 in an attempt to maintain services with less funding. The transit service,...

A snowstorm that pushed into Southwest Colorado on Thursday night strengthened Friday, creating chaotic conditions on mountain passes and forcing several road closures. As the storm reached...

As 2019 wraps up and Cortez looks ahead to 2020, it’s with fiscal responsibility in mind so that operations can resume normally. And while finances may have overshadowed city meetings and...

FARMINGTON – Twinkling lights are strung from the rafters, where stacks of lumber rest high in the eaves, a holdover from the building’s previous identity as a lumber warehouse. Now, part artists’...

For Navajo/Diné artist Susan Hudson, the quilts she makes are a tribute to her ancestors and way to tell their stories and the history of the Navajo people. Hudson, a member of the Kin Yaa Aanii...

Wednesday, Dec. 11 8:50 a.m. An officer was dispatched to serve an active warrant to a man at Montezuma County Combined Courts, 865 N. Park St. The man was left in custody of Montezuma County...