5 days ago · Colorado's snowpack is a mixed bag as January ends, with some river basins below normal levels. Meanwhile, tariffs on agricultural goods threaten U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade.

15 hours ago · The future of three national monuments in the Four Corners area is now highly uncertain. In January, finalized resource management plans were announced for two monuments in southern Utah – Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Cortez Police Department recognized the bravery and dedication of numerous officers and dispatchers in its first annual awards ceremony Thursday night.

Jan 7, 2025 · Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.

Jan 14, 2025 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by the state of Utah to get the Bureau of Land Management to give up control of lands in that state. And in related news, two polls released Tuesday show strong public support for some national monuments that may be in the crosshairs of the Trump administration.

22 hours ago · A geothermal drilling rig sits at a testing site outside the Third Street Center in Carbondale on Nov. 17, 2023. Local nonprofit CLEER received an initial grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct the test drilling last fall, and now hopes to secure additional funding to create a new energy district that would use geothermal to heat and cool a group of buildings in town.

Jan 9, 2025 · Precipitation in Cortez in December was “horrendous.” That’s how longtime local weather observer James Andrus describes the 6-100ths of an inch of moisture that fell from the sky last month.

Jan 3, 2025 · President Biden leaves office this month after appointing 235 lawyers to the bench — more than a quarter of all active federal judges. He named the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. He appointed more women of color to federal appeals courts than all ...

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Jul 28, 2021 · The largest Native American reservation in the U.S. is continuing to struggle with drought conditions.US secretary of the interior Deb Haaland is visiting…