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Mesa Verde whistleblower complaint upheld

Rangers vindicated for exposing abuse

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water board chips in for McElmo Flume

Montezuma County applies for grant to restore foundation of historical site

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s smokin’-hot new commodity

State draws spotlight as first state to sell recreational pot legally

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango lags behind pot’s big day

Locals still find ways to partake in history

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez pot debate looms

In the New Year, Cortez leaders are expected to spark a debate over the realization of voter-approved marijuana reform. In 2013, the City of Cortez opted to delay repealing prohibition on r...

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pot sales begin in Telluride, and ‘business is good’

On New Year’s Day, the first day to sell recreational marijuana legally in Colorado, Adam Raleigh said he’s glad he ignored his father’s advice against becoming a ganjapreneur. “B...

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores 40 years ago

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Sluyter have purchased Adkin Mercantile in Dolores and have taken over the management of the store as of the first of the year. The store has been owned and managed by Mr....

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores 80 years ago

E. H. Golden, for the past several months a resident of Dolores, died at him home here about seven o'clock Tuesday morning, presumably of heart failure. Mr. Golden attended the d...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crow Canyon plans workshop for educators

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez is offering a new workshop for K-12 educators called Mesa Verde National Park: Convergences and Crossroads in the American Southwest. ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Another jail inmate dies; aneurism cited

A 47-year-old Cortez man was found unresponsive at the Montezuma County jail Friday morning. He was later pronounced dead at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Montezuma County Sheriff ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

City offers Christmas tree disposal

The City of Cortez has opened two drop off sites for Christmas tree disposal. City officials said trees could be dropped off at either the Cortez BMX Park at 1339 E. Empire St. or...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Plans for birding festival are underway

The 10th Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival is scheduled for May 7-11, 2014. This year Rick Taylor, author of Six Seasons a Birding Year in the Land of the Apache, wi...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News