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Midge Kirk plans book launch at Mancos library

Midge Kirk will launch her book “They Persisted” at the Mancos Public Library on Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. According to a news release, the book is a brief look at the lives of 21 women w...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three fire departments respond to Mancos blaze

A house fire on County Road 32 in Mancos is still under investigation. According to Shawn Bittle, assistant fire chief of the Cortez Fire Protection District, the point of origin...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Fire Protection District approves 2018 budget

The Cortez Fire Protection District’s 2018 budget is a little tighter than usual, but it’s healthy, according to Fire Chief Jeff Vandevoorde. With the construction of the new fire...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa Verde plans prescribed fire

Mesa Verde National Park is planning a prescribed fire, weather permitting. The one-acre fire will take place in the Chapin Mesa area between Jan. 8 and 31 and will dispose of am...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Miguel’s newest poet laureate to perform at Cortez library

Performance poet to visit Cortez Public Library

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jack and Janelle Kays are recipients of veterans Supporter of the Year award

Local couple awarded for services to veterans in Montezuma County

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three-car crash causes congestion on Main Street in Cortez

A three-car fender bender about noon Friday briefly tied up traffic on West Main Street in Cortez. All three cars were in a westbound lane on West Main at North Chestnut Street. I...

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News