News & Sports
The 15th of April will be the deadline for purchasing a Memorial Stone for yourself or another veteran.
By David McCuskey, VFW 5181
Dolores County Transfer Station - Saturdays from 9 - 5. Dove Creek Public Library Winter / (School ) Hours: Public/HS Library -Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the Montezuma County Courthouse in Cortez, Colorado, Judge Plewe issued Sentencing in the case of The People of the State of Colorado vs. Julie Ott.
By Kathleen Keesling
March 23, 2019
9:30 a.m.
C172018T1 BEGAY, ROCHELLE Hearing on Advisement
March 23, 2019
10:00 a.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019
BAKER, Rebecca L: Arraignment - Seatbelt Not Used; No Insurance - Owner; Seat belt Not Used; Registration - Unregistered Vehicle.
Saturday avalanche mitigation efforts proved successful for a helicopter crew that set out to “knock-down” more than 25 slide paths that were primed for collapsing onto highways.
By CDOT Official Release
Columns & Opinions
I keep hearing that old people can clearly remember what happened 65 years ago but can’t recall what happened 10 minutes ago.
By Doug Funk
The Journal (Cortez) – Yucca House National Monument turned 100 years old this year and Congressmen Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner have introduced bills in their respective houses to expand t
By Doug Funk
I have not talked to all of you lately. Cannot believe nearly a year has gone by. I want to publicly thank Mr.
By Mayor Brett D. Martin
The package of pepper seeds says, “Plant seeds inside 8 to 10 weeks before the normal latest frost.” I had been doing that. So my co-custodian at work asks, “Are your peppers ever big enough?”
By Doug Funk
Obituaries
Charles Lee (Chuck) Thompson was born September 8, 1935 to Forrest (Frosty) and Myra Conn Thompson in Cortez, Colorado.
Our dearly beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, etc. – Wilma Claudene Fabiano (nee Ivie) - graduated the ‘school of mortality’ on 12 February 2019.
Robert “Bob” Leonard Slavin, 82, of Aztec, stepped over into heaven on Thursday, January 31, 2019. He was born August 6, 1936, in Cimarron, NM, to George and Inez Slavin.
Wilma Claudene Fabiano (nee Ivie)
1941 - 2019
By Jenkins-Soffe South Valley
Photo Galleries
The view from your front door can be deceiving today.
Highway 491 from the UT State Line to Cortez is reported to be slick.
February 20, 2019 Highway 491 Semi Extraction #1
Courtesy Photos,
Karen Black of Pleasant View
Photos were taken on Sunday, January 27, 2019, by Brian Myers.
The photo is at Narguinnep Reservoir after a day of ice fishing with his daughter.
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