Brandon Mathis

Position: Journal staff writer

Snowstorm causes delays on U.S. 160

A late spring snowstorm hit Southwest Colorado on Saturday morning, bringing thunder, rain, snow and a number of complications on the road with it. While Cortez woke to rain and light snow, to the...

DATE: May 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Snowstorm causes delays on U.S. 160

A late spring snowstorm hit Southwest Colorado on Saturday morning, bringing thunder, rain, snow and a number of complications on the road with it. While Cortez woke to rain and light snow, to the...

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Re-1 superintendent finalists picked

It’s down to the final four.After a prolonged process, Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 has narrowed its search for superintendent from 18 candidates to four. According to a written statement...

DATE: March 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Expo grows ag

Despite smaller crowds and gate receipts than last year, the Four States Agricultural Exposition was no burr in Montezuma County’s saddle.Even though numbers were low, the crowds were happy and...

DATE: March 24, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Area youths judge livestock

Ag expo contest gives students lesson about life

DATE: March 24, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hollar dives into emergency job

Two weeks into his new role as Montezuma County emergency manager, Paul Hollar told the county commission on Monday that he is focusing on building communications.Hollar began overseeing the...

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tower needs booster, but whose tower is it?

In other emergency-related news, the problematic radio tower north of Dolores needs a new signal booster, but has no easement and the county has found no record of who actually owns it.“I just say...

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

A lifelong rancher

Larry G. Everett is firmly entrenched in Montezuma County. He was born on the ranch four miles north of Mancos that his grandfather Claud Everett homesteaded in 1907. Larry Everett was taught the...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Award-winning farm

The Ute Mountain Farm and Ranch in Towaoc gained national recognition during the recent National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest. The farm claimed a third place in the...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2012 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

A sweatheart of a deal

Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away, and that means it’s time for the annual Sweetheart’s Ball.It will be a fun-filled evening of dinner, sock-hopping and live music at the Cortez Elks Lodge,...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Man uses fake story to secure local Hunt for Heroes trip

A good deed intended to reward military veterans with the Colorado hunting experience of a lifetime has left donors feeling duped and a possible felon in possession of a hunting rifle donated by...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Stroud honored as Citizen of the Year

The Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce and the Cortez Journal honored long-established resident Bill Stroud as the Citizen of the Year at the annual awards ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Main...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

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