Jim Haug

Position: journal Staff Writer

Ballantine Communications enacts executive changes

Ballantine Communications Inc., which publishes the Cortez Journal, made several changes to its executive staff Wednesday, Oct. 16, as the company seeks to improve efficiency and streamline...

DATE: Oct. 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Horse lives on through student’s honored artwork

When Ayesha Clark was 12 years old, her horse, Red Star, disappeared, presumably stolen in the night. Six years later, Red Star is still missing, but not completely gone from her life. A vision of...

DATE: April 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

New business boosts web visibility of Cortez

Southwest Colorado and Albania are a world apart, but perhaps not so different when it comes to the World Wide Web. Derek Alvarez, a recent arrival in Cortez, noticed some similarities after living...

DATE: April 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Gun show anticipates 4,000 people and 125 vendors

Feeling like a pedicure? Head on over to the Cortez Gun and Sportsman Show this weekend at the Montezuma County Fairgounds. This gun show aims to please just about everyone. It offers wares from...

DATE: April 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

School site offers lesson on the area’s distant past

The new building for Montezuma-Cortez High School is about two years away from opening, but its future 35-acre campus behind the Wal-Mart has already started providing history lessons on life in...

DATE: April 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Commissioners consider old school for courthouse

Because no one likes going to court, finding the right courtroom should be the least of someone’s worries, but people showing up at the wrong courthouse seems to be an everyday occurrence in...

DATE: April 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Distance ed stretches from Cortez to Samoa

Long-distance education in Cortez has typically meant taking a class by video conference from Utah State University at the Unlimited Learning Center on East Second Street. On Monday, Unlimited...

DATE: April 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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