Community Calendar: What’s happening in the Cortez area

Friday, Sept. 8 Stanton Englehart Exhibit Grand Opening Reception, 5 p.m., Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, 27501 Colorado Highway 184. Cost: $0-$10. Including remarks by S...

Colorado energy and carbon commission plans to visit Cortez and Durango

Meetings with public and oil and gas stakeholders planned

Body of missing hiker Ian O’Brien found

Two fishers encountered the body in a remote area of the West Mancos River in Echo Basin

$2 million goes to Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute tribes from opioid settlements

‘It won’t have a huge impact, but it does help,’ Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairman says

History Colorado reports Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School used ‘outing system’

Students were used for agricultural labor at below-market pay

Colorado universal preschool program sued by schools and organizations

The program has faced multiple bumps after the start of classes

PCC to offer tuition-free security and drone certifications this fall

A grant from La Plata County and Colorado OEDIT helped make the free certifications possible

Cortez soon will have increased access to behavioral health services

The need for mental health care has been on the rise since COVID-19 and Axis was granted $378,000 to combat these needs

FEMA to drop biweekly progress updates

First announcement shows Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office has paid $40M so far

Biden aims to use G20 summit to highlight U.S. as a China option

Lending capacity of the World Bank and the IMF would provide a ‘credible alternative’ to China

Report examines impacts of climate change on drought, vegetation in Four Corners area

How humans are causing the Four Corners region to become hotter and drier

La Plata County Republicans host Moms for Liberty speaker

Residents protest controversial chairwoman