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Uranium workersâ€™ meeting set to discuss compensation

The Department of Labor is hosting a local outreach event to assist claimants who may be eligible for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICPA),...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Mobile-home, property taxes due to county by Sept. 11

Montezuma County Treasurer Sherry Dyess reminds property owners that 3 p.m. Sept. 11 is the deadline to pay 2012 mobile home and personal property taxes before they are published as delinque...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Panther cheer

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Door prize

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Preschool has openings for morning, afternoon sessions

Beech Street preschool still has a few tuition slots available in both the morning and afternoon sessions. Call Brittany Conner at (970) 565-7491 to schedule a registration appoi...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Halftime show

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

PERA retirement workshop set for Sept. 21 in Cortez

Are you thinking about retiring from your PERA-covered job in the next five to 10 years? Are you just starting out in a PERA -covered job? Do you have all the infor...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Two local women earn scholarships

Emily Harris, daughter of Gary and Lori Harris of Dolores, and Emily Walck, daughter of Lewis and Elsie Walck of Cortez, have each won a $1,000 Local P.E.O. Chapter EV Scholarship Award. ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Beware of phone scheme Scam involves fake debt-collection agencies

The Colorado Judicial Department has received reports of telephone scams involving fake debt-collection agencies, which threaten people with arrest warrants, operating in at least three judi...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

The Market on Market

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Linking school instruction to the real world

If you were asked what percentage of the word’s population was involved in agriculture 500 years ago, would you know the answer? For me, those kinds of facts are harder to hold onto than a g...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

High-tech system rapidly tracks lightning strikes

When summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southwest Colorado, lightning bolts can come fast and furious. Justin Moore, assistant manager of the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatc...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business