Fred Martinez was top story of '01 - Dec 29

Rise in DUI-caused crashes concerns state patrol - Dec 29

Electrical fire guts Oldsmobile - Dec 29

Ice fishing good at higher elevation lakes, but too early near Cortez area - Dec 29

Pies a-plenty - Dec 27

Breaking loose - Dec 27

Mud wrestling - Dec 27

Towaoc man hangs himself in Ignacio jail - Dec 27

County's web site up and running - Dec 27

Kartchner granted second chance at probation - Dec 27

Iron Horse Motorcycle Rally is close to finding permanent home - Dec 27

DWCD pays back $2 million of $18 million McPhee debt - Dec 27

Arizona woman's donation brings 90 Four Corners artifacts home - Dec 27

DOW, Coors reach settlement on accidental beer spill into creek - Dec 27

Silent night, holy night - Dec 25

Rules protect forest while keeping Christmas tradition - Dec 25

After 33 years of fighting crime, Davenport turns in badge - Dec 25

Local man looks back over 101 years of history - Dec 25

Hospital wants taxpayer backing for $10 million expansion - Dec 25

No charges filed yet in triple fatality - Dec 22

REAnet failure may cost local electric-users - Dec 22

Larson blasts cut-off of state funding for Planned Parenthood - Dec 22

A silver lining - Dec 22

Sanitation-district board downsizes proposed building - Dec 22

Wildlife-rehab center in dire need of funds, food - Dec 22

Prospect Bowl officially opens - Dec 22

Are you lonesome tonight? - Dec 22

Plans for new nursing home falter - Dec 20

Suspect in Utah shooting arrested in Cortez - Dec 20

Truck driver accused of resisting arrest - Dec 20

Seasonal stories- Dec 20

Re-1 takes steps in response to 'gypsies' remark - Dec 20

Regional BLM web sites closed because of lawsuit - Dec 20

A harsh reality - Dec 20

Fire destroys trailer home- Dec 20

One killed in crash on snowy Mancos Hill - Dec 18

Funds dwindling for state highway projects - Dec 18

Officials mull plans for PCC - Dec 18

Commissioners OK golf course - Dec 18

Seasonal glow - Dec 15

Cans for a cause - Dec 15

Money woes put squeeze on Re-1 staff - Dec 15

Citizens charge unfairness in appointments to BLM councils - Dec 15

Sewer repairs, playground in Dolores budget for 2002 - Dec 15

Three-car crash injures two - Dec 15

PCC-San Juan merger on table Monday - Dec 15

Southwest Colorado given $195,000 to cope with growth - Dec 15

Jury acquits man of felony in drug stop - Dec 13

Database lists recipients of farm subsidies - Dec 13

Donations fluctuate at local charities - Dec 13

Council approves land-use changes - Dec 13

Assault victim rescued; alleged assailant charged - Dec 13

Cox ends 25-year term as fire chief - Dec 13

Three killed in head-on car crash - Dec 11

Norton misled court on trust fund, attorney says - Dec 11

County to review Stoner water-quality plan - Dec 11

Four-lane highway through Cortez could help economy - Dec 11

Case involving drug checkpoint goes to trial today - Dec 11

Norton urges reforms to mining law - Dec 11

Solutions elusive to mercury problem - Dec 8

DWCD passes 2002 budget - Dec 8

Teens facing felony charge in attack - Dec 8

Research-center rehab project wins $356,000 - Dec 8

Downtown branch of Community Bank to close - Dec 6

County tables decision on Stoner resort - Dec 6

Program helps people, wildlife get along - Dec 6

Meeting on Mercury in lakes slated - Dec 6

County projects awarded $865,000 - Dec 6

Forest Service wants to streamline environmental rules - Dec 6

An American Christmas - Dec 4

Local heroes remember attack on Pearl Harbor - Dec 4

Monument may gain 520 adjoining acres - Dec 4

Shrinking teacher pool makes mid-year hiring tough for Re-1 - Dec 4

Youth-camp organizers sue county commission - Dec 4

Slippery roads leave two dead in accident - Dec 1

Killers of Dove Creek man dispute conviction - Dec 1

Ambulance service may organize into non-profit - Dec 1

Mitchell Springs Ruin Group listed in National Register - Dec 1

Papercrete homes offer affordability - Dec 1

Proposed junior-college merger - Dec 1

All your geese in a row - Nov 29

Sutherland murder conviction reversed - Nov 29

Parole violation could give Gray time in prison - Nov 29

Head-on crash injures Dolores woman - Nov 29

City tightens belt as revenues fall - Nov 29

Hearing to condemn property cancelled - Nov 29

Ute tribal-council member dies at 54 - Nov 29

Tacoronte waives hearing on witness-intimidation charge - Nov 29

Local video producer wins award - Nov 29

Slick roads cause numerous accidents - Nov 27

Retail sales down, but spirits up after weekend - Nov 27

Burning inspiration - Nov 27

Iron Horse Rally organizers look for new, private home - Nov 27

Fire at gas plant called 'no big deal' - Nov 27

Ringing in the season - Nov 24

Snow flies at long last - Nov 24

Property-tax ruling upsets ag producers - Nov 24

Local retailers optimistic as holiday shopping season starts - Nov 24

New sanitation board deals with critics - Nov 24

Compassionate cooking - Nov 22

Kids who care - Nov 22

Colorado's mail deemed anthrax-free - Nov 22

Suggestions for holiday mailing - Nov 22

Passenger car flips, injuring two - Nov 22

MCHS seeks changes to improve racial relations - Nov 22

Landlord finds pot, stolen gun, police report - Nov 22

Letter on school problems takes winding path to Journal - Nov 22

Wild about Harry Potter - Nov 20

Local vocals - Nov 20

Change in sanitation district encourages Lakeside - Nov 20

Road rage alleged in hit-and-run - Nov 20

Pitfalls of easements focus of lecture at Farm Bureau meeting - Nov 20

Short changing women's needs? - Nov 17

BLM reseeding old burn - Nov 17

RE-1, tribe say progress made on Indian issues - Nov 17

Jail cleared of wrongdoing in Mancos man's suicide - Nov 17

Towaoc supported pet-neutering effort, coordinator maintains  - Nov 17

Panther Press staff honored - Nov 17

Serving those who served us - Nov 15

CO2 suit may be settled for $52.8 million - Nov 15

Manager of sanitation district resigns - Nov 15

'Gypsies' remark debated in stormy Re-1 session - Nov 15

Controversy over fire substation flares up again - Nov 15

City council claims county not paying its fair share - Nov 15

'Frugal Bugle' debuts in four-county area - Nov 15

Purgatory voted having best weather - Nov 15

Radio auction Thursday to aid Community Christmas Project - Nov 13

Summer sport - Nov 13

Public-lands offices plan tighter security - Nov 13

Weekend blaze destroys barn, 9,000 bales of hay - Nov 13

Shelter faces shortage of money, staff as winter starts - Nov 13

Mancos man kills himself in La Plata County Jail - Nov 13

'Stuff the Bus' drive nets 1,200 pounds of food - Nov 13

Babbitt touts conservation, alternative fuels - Nov 10

Sale of bonds for new rec center expected to begin in January - Nov 10

Inmates move into new county jail - Nov 10

MCHS, Dolores advancing at state volleyball tourney - Nov 10

Veterans' Day closures announced - Nov 10

City sales tax up, lodgers tax down - Nov 10

Code Talker - Nov 10

Local doctor, nurse treat workers at Ground Zero - Nov 10

Construction can begin on A-LP - Nov 10

Legion invites citizens to Veterans Day ceremony - Nov 8

Cotton candy for a cause - Nov 8

What makes a Republican? - Nov 8

Balmy weather causes concerns - Nov 8

Parties fighting over who will pay to fix post office - Nov 8

County, state seeing increased gun sales - Nov 8

Rec Center Passes - Nov 7

Three recalled in sanitation-district election - Nov 7

Murdock, Bloink, Wright take seats on school board - Nov 7

New jail officially opens - Nov 7

Mancos rejects mill levy for Re-6 - Nov 7

Coloradoans nix $50 million study of monorail plan - Nov 7

State gives nod to GOCO measure - Nov 7

La Plata County voters reject open-space tax, retain term limits- Nov 7

Dolores library tax fails by 15 votes - Nov 7

Rico splits on 3 tax questions - Nov 7

Vail voters raise teachers’ pay - Nov 7

Rec center, recall among hot issues in area elections - Nov 6

Area banks expand despite small market - Nov 6

Students honored for guide to Cortez - Nov 6

Anthrax threat judged slim in region - Nov 3

Dove Creek woman injured in crash - Nov 3

Knight-Frank sworn in for 4th term as chair - Nov 3

Martinez's murder to be subject of PBS program - Nov 3

Without snow, tracking elk will be hard for third hunt - Nov 3

Sanitation-district ballot explained - Nov 3

The witching hour - Nov 1

Phone threat alleged against Graffis' partners - Nov 1

Rec center sparking heated debate - Nov 1

Hospital to buy former furniture store in Cortez - Nov 1

Foes fear new forest policy would cut input - Nov 1

Commission nixes ASPIRE youth camp - Oct 30

Cortez woman escapes death in motorcycle crash - Oct 30

BLM makes final pipeline decision - Oct 30

Rollover sparks concern over possible teen drinking - Oct 30

CCI brought in for Graffis probe - Oct 27 

Planning group OKs golf course - Oct 27 

Fall fling - Oct 27

Rose announces candidacy for House District 58 - Oct 27

Face off at sanitation-district recall forum - Oct 27

Teens injured in wreck still serious - Oct 27

Two teens die, two injured, in crash - Oct 25

Duplicate recall ballots sent to some - Oct 25

Graffis Motors closes; manager can't be found - Oct 25

Pet shelter faces shutdown if not renovated, state says - Oct 25

Group pushes for programs on diversity, tolerance at MCHS - Oct 25

Panther Marching Band takes fourth at state - Oct 25

Anthrax feared in 2 postal workers' deaths - Oct 23

Local suspicious mail turns out to be nothing - Oct 23

Knight-Frank holds on to win in recount - Oct 23

Recall's targets defend record - Oct 23

Planning group to mull permit for Stoner golf course - Oct 23

Two seek seat in Re-1's District F - Oct 23

Beaver Creek fire still under watch - Oct 23

City's land-use code up for readoption - Oct 23

Murphy enters a plea of not guilty - Oct 20

Cortez woman said not to have rabies - Oct 20

Five seek election to sanitation board if recall succeeds - Oct 20

Domestic violence an unending plague - Oct 20

New river law boosts recreation - Oct 20

Greeley Gas to slash rates 47% - Oct 20

Beaver Creek fire continues to grow - Oct 20

Second big game season should be good - Oct 20

DOW to start electronic licensing - Oct 20

Isgar to run to retain Senate seat in District 6 - Oct 20

Cortez woman may have rabies - Oct 18

Ute election in limbo - Oct 18

Beaver Creek fire spreads - Oct 18

RE-1 board 'insensitive,' write-in candidate charges, - Oct 18

Delinquent sewer accounts shoot up after policy change -Oct 18

Post-office access a sore point with Dolores Town Board - Oct 18

Youth 4 Change offers an awesome Halloween event - Oct 18

Knight-Frank holds one-vote edge - Oct 16

Cortez man wins $25,000 award for educators - Oct 16

Mancos, Dolores voters to decide mill-levy hikes - Oct 16

Young Towaoc resident honored by title of Miss Indian Colorado - Oct 16

Cortez couple heads to New Zealand to compete in arduous Eco-Challenge - Oct 16

Security at small airports questioned - Oct 16

Dolores Water Conservancy District signs carriage contract for MVI water - Oct 16

Mancos health clinic on track for funds - Oct 13

Four vying in District B for seats on Re-1 board - Oct 13

Panther Marching Band takes first 21st time in a row - Oct 13

Dolores pot-hunters sentenced  - Oct. 13

Bostrom heads to New York to help victims  - Oct. 13

Off-highway vehicles now norm for hunters - Oct 13 

Re-1 response angers critics  - Oct. 11

Not in my back yard, neighbors say about troubled-youth home  - Oct. 11

Citizen urges city to use microwave tower for siren - Oct. 11

I-70 monorail in voters' hands - Oct. 11

Blaze destroys pottery shop - Oct. 11

Uranium-miners given compensation checks - Oct. 11

Rifle hunters try to thin elk herd with special hunt  - Oct. 11

Energy regulators order refunds of electricity charges - Oct. 11

Lakeside plans to hook up to city sewer line  - Oct. 9

Referendum A proposes boosting funds for Colorado's open space  - Oct. 9

Utes go to polls Friday to choose tribal chair, 3 council members  - Oct. 9

County's median age higher than state's - Oct. 9

Lakeside plans to hook up to city sewer line - Oct. 9

Three seeking Ute tribal chairmanship - Oct 6

Sanitation district recall offers new candidates - Oct 6 

Mesa Verde access always a challenge - Oct 6

MCHS principal's comment sparks charges of racism - Oct 6 

Fourth juvenile sentenced in robbery  - Oct 6 

Volunteer opportunities sought for Mesa Verde staff  - Oct 6 

Help spina bifida victims by adopting a 'ghost'  - Oct 6 

National Guard dispatched to Cortez for airport security - Oct. 4

Deputies fire on armed man - Oct. 4

Tribe gives $10,000 to Red Cross - Oct. 4

Rec center advocates believe war, economy won't discourage voters - Oct. 4

Man arrested after high-speed chase - Oct. 4

500-acre burn planned today, Oct. 4, on Dolores-Norwood Road - Oct. 4

Festival offers music, food, fun - Oct. 4

Ski towns prepare for the worst as vacationers cancel reservations - Oct. 4

Toddler in critical condition after falling under ATV - Oct. 2

Growth, redistricting, shortfall grip legislature's special session - Oct. 2

3 candidates in race for Ute Mountain tribal chair - Oct. 2

Fall cutworm moths threaten spring crops - Oct. 2

Empire Electric refuses to fund REAnet revival - Sept 29

Bean crop suffers from July drought - Sept 29

Hospital mulls $12 million in renovations - Sept 29

Protesters object to seismic study near Canyonlands - Sept 27

City OKs bid for fiber-optics project - Sept 27

Cortez urged to lead growth efforts - Sept 27

Dove Creek may use untreated water for lawns - Sept 27

Four Corners power plants boost security - Sept 25

Three youths sentenced in motel robbery - Sept 25

Two men charged with helping hijackers get licenses - Sept 25

Bush seeks to cut off funds to bin Laden - Sept 25

Wetherill collection garners two books - Sept 25

MCHS to celebrate '01 homecoming - Sept 25

Locals have another chance to grab apples - Sept 25

County's PILT payments nearly double last year's - Sept 25

Bankrupt REAnet may rise from the dead - Sept 22

County wins another major tax decision - Sept 22

Schools may end levels tests - Sept 22

Bush creates office of home security - Sept 22

Caution urged when making donations - Sept 22

Author of big game book to sign books at Howards - Sept 22

Aspen, oak putting on annual show - Sept 22

A night at the circus - Sept 20

Cortez Travel Service tries to 'ride the tide' of air-flight uncertainty - Sept 20

Brewfest serves up chance to aid land conservation - Sept 20

Officials urge owners to cut fire risk - Sept 20

Pearson pleads to two charges - Sept 20

Oct. 9 last day to register to vote in election  - Sept 20

Bush administration moves quickly to shore up support for war, Wall Street finds footing - Sept 19

Stock market's attempt to stage mini-rally fizzles Tuesday - Sept 19

A weekend of remembrance and mourning - Sept 18

Jail ceremony - Sept 18

Bush wants bin Laden 'dead or alive' - Sept 18

Statistics show Re-1's pros and cons - Sept 18

Trial begins for alleged illegal outfitter - Sept 18

Hospital board clings to hope for Mancos clinic - Sept 18

Dow closes down 681 points - Sept 17

Locals reflect on tragedy - Sept 15

Bush visits New York - Sept 15

Cortez airport reopens with tightened security - Sept 15

Re-1 district rated 'average'; MCHS earns ranking of 'low' - Sept 15

Landowners invited to fire-hazard meeting - Sept 15

Massive effort launched to track down terrorists - Sept 13

Blood donors crowd centers - Sept 13

Region takes precautions in wake of attacks  - Sept 13

Local announcements and cancellations - Sept 13

Colorado officials say fuel remains plentiful in state - Sept 13

Group urges commissioners to fight fee-demo program - Sept 13

Teen who shot cousin bound over for trial - Sept 13

Council defends ordinance during short meeting - Sept 13

Dolores Town Board mulls variance for new garage - Sept 13

Chronology of a disastrous day - Sept 12

Another day of infamy - Sept 12

Bush: 'We will pass this test' - Sept 12

Cell-phone calls from doomed jets described attacks - Sept 12

Catastrophe's aftershocks felt locally - Sept 12

'Are we at war?' students wonder  - Sept 12

Local law-enforcement agencies in state of readiness - Sept 12

Area religious leaders call for prayer - Sept 12

County's federal buildings close down after tragedy - Sept 12

With a few Islamic exceptions, world respond with horror, condemnation - Sept 12

Explosions knock out phone service - Sept 11

World Trade Center collapses in terrorist attack - Sept 11

United Airlines says two planes crashed - Sept 11

Bush pledges hunt for terrorists - Sept 11

Attacks on alert - Sept 11

Trade Center crash  - Sept 11

Durango air traffic halted - Sept 11

Plane Crash 2 - Sept 11

Trade Center Scene - Sept 11

Icy mornings return - Sept 11

A taste of honey - Sept 11

Free-form art - Sept 11

Youths face arson charges in library fire - Sept 11

Mother, son have history of trouble, documents show - Sept 11

Teacher finds Archaic site in San Luis Valley - Sept 11

Case workers available to help with radiation-exposure claims - Sept 11

Coleman fails to appear for trial - Sept 11

Fire guts apartment, injures one man - Sept 11

Murphy's mother arrested on charges of intimidating witness  - Sept 8

Fire officials finger county's high-risk areas - Sept 8

Plan for burn by Ramparts draws crowd - Sept 8

Citizens voice concern, outrage over health care - Sept 8

Aviation company's financial woes worry Cortez airport officials - Sept 8

Scaling the heights - Sept 6

Two guards injured in attack at jail - Sept 6

Police seek Dolores man in hit-and-run - Sept 6

Reapportionment committee's plan irks Isgar, Alexander - Sept 6

Numbers lower at 2001 rally - Sept 6

Crashes kill 3 motorcyclists over weekend - Sept 4

Driving under restraint can be a ticket to jail - Sept 4

Local dugout may have been hideout for Butch Cassidy - Sept 4

Bed-and-breakfast offers yoga, golf, music - Sept 4

Big buckle dreams - Sept 1

Crashes injure two bikers as rally begins - Sept 1

Gravel pit on Granath Mesa rejected by state - Sept 1

Recall protests not enough to stop election - Sept 1

Wilson Building tenants 'bat-tered' - Sept 1

Drip-irrigation projects nourishing area fruit trees - Sept 1

DOW adds 16 new managers to its ranks - Sept 1

Psychedelic sky - August 30

Another crash on 666 - August 30

Lamm urges limits to U.S. immigration - August 30

City council gains power - August 30

Bears, bears everywhere - August 30

Biologists anxious to learn whether lynx are reproducing - August 30

Bikers flock to area for rally - August 30

Continental to offer daily Durango-Houston flights - August 30

Lady of the loom - August 28

Words of wisdom - August 28

Beautiful beets - August 28

Citizen urges stores to remove sexy magazines - August 28

Recall in limbo until hearing - August 28

Planning commission rejects wilderness camp - August 28

City scales back fiber network - August 28

Iron Horse likely to stay in Ignacio - August 25

Family survives crash with semi - August 25

Rico mulls chances of becoming a new county - August 25

Forest Service closes roads in Box Canyon area - August 25

Splish-splash! - August 25

Sewer-plant negotiations continue between landowner, San District - August 23

Line Camp gravel pit on hold for additional permits - August 23

Bike-burning arson remains unsolved - August 23

Campbell to open office in Durango - August 23

Railfest gears up in Durango - August 23

SirCam virus infects schools' computers - August 21

Dog Hotel expansion complete; permit application lags behind - August 21

Comedy Central's 'Man Show' tapes at Dunton Hot Springs - August 21

County lifts fire ban - August 21

Durango Herald runs series on immigration from Mexico - August 21

Mancos clinic stuck in grant-funding Catch-22 - August 21

Group mulls economic development - August 18

Program lets artists work in solitude of San Juan forest - August 18

FCC allows radio-station purchase - August 18

To Russia, with love - August 18

Mudslides delay road work on Highway 145 near Telluride - August 18

One hump or two? - August 16

Hand jive - August 16

It's a jungle out there - August 16

Olt seeks help with murder case - August 16

Longtime tribal director dies at 67 - August 16

Interest in school-board races jump - August 16

County rejects UBC - August 16

City gives CARS $1,000 despite earlier refusal - August 16

County denies high-density zoning request - August 16

Dolores, U.S. Forest Service to negotiate land exchange - August 16

Medical coalition to present regional meeting - August 16

Slaying prompts vigil, talk on tolerance - August 14

Forum brings opposite sides together - August 14

Recall election appears likely - August 14

Park visitation drops across area - August 14

2 Towaoc women die in crash near Bayfield - August 14

Code talker comes to town - August 11

Stop and go - August 11

Muddy waters - August 11

Allard gets earful from gravel, monument foes - August 11

Charges increased in homicide - August 11

More protection urged for gays in local schools - August 11

Conservationists criticize re-examination of roadless plan - August 11

Proponents push for grants, loans to fund health clinic - August 11

Piñon pines devasted by fungus, bugs - August 9

Martinez's mother says Olt violating victims' rights - August 9

Lightning victims recover after strike at city golf course - August 9

New recording studio in Cortez - August 9

Belt reaches agreement with health department - August 9

Ranchers seek bigger part of federal farm bill - August 9

Countywide UBC may be put to vote - August 7

Slaying prompts vigil, forums on gay issues - August 7

Junior livestock sale at fair draws $121,172 - August 7

Cortez man's unit honored for heroism in World War II - Aug. 7

Youths paint homes on mission journey - Aug. 7

Three struck by lightning Monday at Conquistador - Aug. 7

No interest yet in Re-1 board seats - August 4

4-H steer show combines talent with sheer insanity - August 4

Sanitation district moves to condemn woman's property - August 4

Foes of gravel pit file appeal - August 4

Utah man found guilty of vehicular assault in crash - August 4

Growth-management grant application announced - August 4

Youth corps helps thin trees on Dolores Rim - August 4

From flowers to furry friends - August 2

Cleaning the forest - August 2 31< g>

Rollover-prone vans used by schools - August 2

Scattered showers bring relief to Four Corners - August 2

Nursing-home construction stalls - August 2

Tribe awarded $2 million grant for youth programMix-up leaves local boy stranded 7 hours - July 28