Friday | Cortez Journal News
Rico students show up in press
Okay, I will admit it - sometimes our winter news is not as exciting as our happy summer news when our friends and relatives return for a heavenly vacation when the weather is perfect and the fishing couldn't be better.
Resort Data Processing Customers Top Conde Nast's List of Top Hotels
Resort Data Processing is pleased to announce 9 hotels using RDP property management software have earned Conde Nast awards in 2012.
Knightley enjoys research for 'A Dangerous Method'
Keira Knightley did exhaustive homework, practiced making alarming, contorted faces in her bathroom mirror and then called director David Cronenberg.
Huge costs for water quality standards
Southwestern Colorado water districts are facing huge costs if they are forced to comply with proposed standards for nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus in waterways.The proposed standards could cost Durango, Cortez, Bayfield, Pagosa Springs and Telluride water providers millions of dollars.The chemicals found in fertilizers are essential for ... (more)
Rico school needs more students
It looks like we are finally back into the usual winter storms and sunny cold days.
Snow update: Eldora and Echo Mountain stock up, Beaver Creek opens more terrain
If you're in Denver or anywhere along and east of the Front Range you know we're getting blasted, but even more snow is falling in the foothills, with huge benefits for local mountains Eldora and Echo Mountain .
Snow, winds hit Rico with a vengeance
Winter believes that he is a "Lion" this week. Last Saturday, Jan. 21, snow and wind came into Rico with a vengeance.
The San Miguel County Sheriff's Office at Telluride, Colo., is trying to find a "person of interest" wanted for an armed robbery incident there last September.
Fitness Ridge Worldwide and Grand Heritage Hotel Group Form Joint...
Fitness Ridge Worldwide, LLC, provider of award-winning wellness, fitness and weight-loss resort programs nationwide including The Biggest Loser Resorts, and Grand Heritage, premier owner-operator of luxury, independent hotels and resort destinations worldwide, announced today the formalization of a joint venture to brand globally "Fitness Ridge" ... (more)
Tough economy doesn't stop Porter Homes
This home on Pritchard Mesa is the largest home Porter Homes has built to date. When complete, it will have 7,400 square feet.
Expeditionary Learning Mountain FilmFest in Eagle-Vail Saturday
What: Third annual Expeditionary Learning Mountain FilmFest. Where: Homestake Peak School in Eagle-Vail, the former Battle Mountain High School.
Colorado climber Jack Roberts died on one of toughest US ice climbs
A nationally known ice climber who died after falling 60 feet in Colorado over the weekend was attempting to ascend a 365-foot waterfall regarded as one of the toughest ice climbs in the United States.
What's Better Jeep or Fullsize?
Wheelers love to debate about what works and what doesn't. Verbal punches thrown around a campfire or work bench often revolve around topics like lockers and tires as well as which vehicle brand is the King of the Hill.
Man killed after missing van for drinkers
The CSU men's basketball team allowed TCU to rally from 11 points down in the final 2 minutes and... Out of all the animals in my house, I love my dog Trixie most because she is relaxed, lucky and... TELLURIDE, Colo.
Nationally known ice climber dies after Colo. fall
A Colorado sheriff says a nationally known climber who wrote books and numerous articles on the subject has died after falling 60 feet during a climb.
Ice climber dies near Telluride
An ice climber was killed Sunday afternoon after falling 60 feet at Bridal Veil Ice Falls east of Telluride in San Miguel County, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters.