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A legacy of new dreams: Director of Bridge shelter to retire

The Bridge Emergency Shelter in Cortez is seeking a new executive director. Laurie Knutson, who has held the position since 2013, plans to retire in August. Knutson, 67, steered ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez restaurants partner up to offer cheap delivery

Multiple local restaurants have partnered together to provide cheap delivery to Cortez residents amid the pandemic. Cortez Eatz, which began in December, offers $5 delivery from 5 p.m. to ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Colorado scenic byways get national designation

Two of Colorado’s scenic byways, both in southern regions of the state, have become part of the National Scenic Byway Program. The National Scenic Byway Program includes 184 designated bywa...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Beetle kill marches west across San Juan Mountains

Beetle kill is continuing its march through the San Juan Mountains toward the high country around Silverton, according to an aerial survey that tracks outbreaks on an annual basis. Every ye...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez school board favors suspending state tests

The Montezuma-Cortez school board on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution in support of suspending state assessments for the 2020-2021 school year. Superintendent Lori Haukeness and me...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Amache camp’s national park pursuit in limbo in southeastern Colorado

DENVER (AP) – At first, the trip unfolded as just an academic tracing of family history. John Tonai had for years heard the stories from his father, Minoru, about the Amache internment camp...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

M-CHS and Dolores wrestlers get pins in Ignacio

The three high school wrestling teams from La Plata County got together Thursday night in Ignacio. It wasn’t for the customary Butch Melton Invitational regularly hosted by the Bobcats in February, bu...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Navajo plant closure to cost Arizona county $40M in taxes

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The closure of a coal-fired power plant in far northern Arizona led to the loss of $40 million in property tax revenue for Coconino County, county officials said. The Nav...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Business

Colorado hosts first clone of endangered species – a ferret

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator name...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County enters into week 39 of drought status 3 or higher

FARMINGTON – San Juan County has officially been in a drought with varying degrees of severity for 78 weeks as of this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, parts of San Juan County...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 CATEGORY: New Mexico

A legacy of new dreams: Director of Bridge shelter to retire

Cortez restaurants partner up to offer cheap delivery

Southern Colorado scenic byways get national designation

Beetle kill marches west across San Juan Mountains

Montezuma-Cortez school board favors suspending state tests

Amache camp’s national park pursuit in limbo in southeastern Colorado

M-CHS and Dolores wrestlers get pins in Ignacio

Navajo plant closure to cost Arizona county $40M in taxes

Colorado hosts first clone of endangered species – a ferret

San Juan County enters into week 39 of drought status 3 or higher

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