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DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

School hosts Twin Topics Series

To better engage the community, school officials plan to launch what they are calling a "Twin Topics Series" starting on Thursday. Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District Superinten...

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge denies gag order, for now

A judge ruled Thursday that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a gag order in the public corruption case against former Montezuma County Undersheriff Robin Cronk. Cronk’...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Group promotes hospital district referendum

Ballot issue would lift limits on grant funding

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute tribal election is Oct. 11

Chair and 3 council <br/>seats are up for grabs

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain library gets face-lift

Tutoring program gives students a boost

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Charter school meetings kick off Wednesday

Anyone interested in a new charter school is invited to attend the first of three informational meetings that kick off this week. The first Children’s Kiva Montessori Charter Scho...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Code enforcement, water access top council’s agenda

To streamline code enforcement, the City of Cortez will consider adopting a new ordinance tonight that allows animal control officers to issue summonses and complaints. Currently,...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez updates HAZMAT training

A methamphetamine lab, an outbreak of anthrax and a hazardous material spill are all possible scenarios locally. Time is of the essence when responding to a hazardous material inc...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crash cuts power near Cortez

On Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2013, Empire Electric experienced an outage south of Cortez along U.S. 491/160. The outage began at 7:30 a.m. and affected an area from approximately the port of ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State launches disaster-preparedness effort

DENVER – Colorado leaders want their citizens to be prepared. Prepared for what? Well, maybe for a pandemic. Or an earthquake. Or a blizzard. Or o...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chase ends with fatality

An Arizona man involved in high-speed chase with the Colorado State Patrol was pronounced dead on the scene last week following a head-on collision with a semi-truck. A Colorado ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News