Montezuma-Cortez High Class of 1963 seeks grads

The M-CHS class of 1963 is having its 50th class reunion Aug. 15 and 16. There are several people who organizers are unable to locate. If anyone knows the location of any of these people — G...

City water diversion official after decades

Don’t be alarmed. It appears all is calm — with no more ripples — for a year-old City of Cortez water rights request to resolve an issue with generational roots dating back to an oversight e...

Lightning strike spot fires burn on Ute reservations

Last Thursday’s Mancos Canyon Fire on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation is estimated today at 1.25 acre with engines and a fire tender at the scene. The Pine Tree Canyon Fire on the Southe...

Parts of Morrison, Aspen Loop trails temporarily closed for timber sale

Approximately 1.5 miles of the Aspen Loop and Morrison Trail between FR 560 and FR 327 and between Forest Road 560 and Forest Road 372 north of Mancos will be periodically closed to all publ...

A proposed alternative to ‘Wild and Scenic’

Compromise promises local control, no federal water right

Forest Service to reduce fire restrictions

Thanks to the arrival of monsoonal weather patterns and lowering of fire danger, the San Juan National Forest will eliminate fire restrictions at higher elevations and ease fire restrictions...

School-supply drive aims to aid county’s teachers and students

Residents of the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 are invited to help teachers and students by purchasing school supplies. Although they are among the lowest-paid teachers i...

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M-CHS ag instructors attend conference

Montezuma-Cortez High School agriculture education instructors Amanda Ramos and Charlotte Forst attended the Colorado Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association Summer Conference June 24-27...

Fahrion earns regional honor from Edward Jones

Audra Fahrion of the financial services firm Edward Jones has won the Shaun McAndrew Financial Advisor of the Year Award, which recognizes advisers within this region for dedication to their...

Bargain hunters

Cortez coffeehouse honors a local legend Cafe features produce, meat from local farms

The black goat that entertained local Dolores residents for years may be gone, but its memory may live on thanks to Laura Getts, who has named her coffeehouse in Cortez “The Black Goat.” ...