Jim Mimiaga
Position: Journal staff writer

Boaters and ecologists plan for whitewater season on Lower Dolores River

Runoff will fill McPhee Reservoir, and a release below the dam is planned for boaters and river health

Farmers will get full water supply, grapple with late spring

Snow on fields delays farming season; grant program offers deal for more efficient sprinkler nozzles

Mesa snowmelt overwhelms Dolores in valley below

Community rallies to fill sandbags, redirect floodwaters; no injuries reported

Lingering winter delays opening of McPhee Reservoir boat ramp

Bay is iced over, and roads drifted with snow; invasive mussels found on Western Slope

Colorado Highway 184 is reopened after repair

New culvert installed; flooding caused three-week closure

Local authors debut Mesa Verde Writers Conference

Four successful authors will host immersive workshops in fiction and poetry at the scenic Harmony Barn in Mancos

Water reuse gains attention in drought era

Colorado has regulations for gray water systems; La Plata County considering a new ordinance

Update: Ignacio teen killed in crash near Mancos is identified

Driver of Chevy Suburban suspected of vehicular homicide and DUI

Update: Morosko sentenced to jail in Cortez for fatal shooting of bowhunter

Convicted felon may not own firearms; defense plans appeal

Dolores Valley residents offered free sandbags as flooding begins

County Public Works Department donates sand as rain and snowmelt pick up

Storefront windows shot in downtown Cortez, causing $44,000 in damage

Nearly 20 properties hit with BB gun or slingshot, police say

Sheriff, coroner investigate two deaths Saturday in Montezuma County

Woman found dead off Road 29; man found off Road L