Name:
Screen name:
Email:
Position: The Cortez Journal
It was crush time at Sutcliffe Vineyards last week in the heart of McElmo Canyon. A small crew at the vineyard worked diligently last week to turn the canyon’s grape harvest into something so much...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business
After being together for 23 years, Glynis Verrazzano and Sandra Culpepper, were excited Thursday morning with a single piece of paper. “This is awesome. This is so cool,” Verrazzano said as she...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A legend will grace the halls of the Cortez Elks Club, a legend that has recorded more than 35 albums and is a member of the Western Music Hall of Fame. Michael Martin Murphey will perform a...
DATE: Oct. 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living
Apples will be on everyone’s mind Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project Orchard Social at Let It Grow, 90 N. Mildred Road, Cortez. Jude Schunemeyer...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The most prestigious honor given by the Colorado Health Care Association was presented last week to Mancos resident Joyce Humiston.And Humiston had no idea that the award was coming as she sat in...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
When Leon Risenhoover,76, looks out the windows of his Dolores farmhouse, apple trees stretch out before him. He sees the trees, he sees the fruit yet to be picked, and he sees the history of...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Legend has it that when St. Francis of Assisi would preach, birds would fly around him and listen to what he had to say. Another story tells of the time that St. Francis was able to tame the Wolf...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Faith
At the age of 54, Cathie Everett, a retired school teacher got news that would change her life. She had breast cancer. The diagnosis started a long and difficult battle, something Everett will...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Excitement was rising last week as the walls went up at the new Aaron’s store near Safeway in Cortez. The furniture, appliances and electronics store is expected to be finished about Nov. 1, and...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business
For over 40 years, Duncan Oveson has been in the upholstery business, and for the first time in a long time, the 61-year-old was breathing a sigh of relief. Mostly because Oveson now has room to do...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business
More than 100 people descended on the Cortez Jehovah’s Witness Fellowship Hall last week to get a job done. One day the church, located on Empire Street, was a serene, quiet spot and the next day,...
DATE: Sept. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Faith
By the time the gates opened at the Colorado State University Extension Apple U-Pick event in Yellow Jacket and 9 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of people had lined up at the gates armed with bags, boxes,...
DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News
