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Potential hurdles for an expansion of the Durango-La Plata County Airport came to light Tuesday during a joint meeting of the Durango City Council and the La Plata County Commissioners. ...
DATE: April 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Women are opening businesses at a rate five times faster than the national average, and the Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College is looking to encourage that trend. To help...
DATE: April 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business
Carrying signs that announced “decolonizing is healing” and “white supremacy = terrorism” advocates marched up College Drive Saturday. About 40 Fort Lewis College students and community members...
DATE: April 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
When there isn’t enough food in the wild, Colorado residents can expect bears to come to town looking for food. But this can lead to conflicts with humans and bears being euthanized, said Stewart...
DATE: March 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A mountainside overlooking traffic on U.S. Highway 550 might seem like an odd place to find a black bear and her two cubs. But a 222-pound mama bear has made her home in just such a place...
DATE: March 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Finding peace after a traumatic event can be tough, yoga is one of the tools local veterans are using to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety. “Trauma is something that human beings...
DATE: March 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business
As schools across Colorado are preparing for state standardized testing in March and April, most students in Mancos will likely not take part. Mancos School District RE-6, and nine other rural...
DATE: March 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
The holiday season was not as strong as predicted, but December still was a record-setting month for Durango retailers. December sales tax collections increased 3.8 percent to $1.62 million from...
DATE: March 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
To keep Durango Transit running, the Durango City Council might cut service, increase fares and ask voters to reallocate sales taxes. State and federal grants that have kept the department running...
DATE: March 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Economic development, livestock ordinances and construction to improve U.S. Highway 160 are some of the issues Mancos town candidates took on in a recent Q&A with The Journal. All candidates were...
DATE: March 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
While working toward creative district designation, a group of volunteers has founded the Mancos School of the West, the Fall Harvest Festival and brought in $26,700 in grant funds. Now the Mancos...
DATE: March 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
The rate of drug overdose deaths is rising all over Colorado, and Montezuma County is no exception.Across the state, the overdose death rate rose 68 percent from 2002 to 2014, according to the...
DATE: March 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News