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Lauren Houser graduates summa cum laude from Baylor

Lauren Alysse Houser of Cortez has graduated summa cum laude from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, with a bachelor's degree in business administration and with a second major in economics. ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Montezuma-Cortez student honors and awards

Martin, Joshua: attending University of Colorado-Boulder, deferred to 2014. CHSAA Academic All State Honorable Mention, M-CHS International Thespian MemberMartinez, Gerardo: attending Colora...

DATE: Jun 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Montezuma-Cortez student honors and awards

Montezuma-Cortez academic, athletic and activity awards were presented May 23 and 25. M-CHS Freshman Academic Award Stevee Brenner, Cody Canzona, Laurel Chappell, Emma ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Accelerator opens its doors for region's entrepreneurs

The Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program For Entrepreneurs is now accepting applications for the first group of startup candidates to be accepted in the program. SCAPE's objecti...

DATE: Jun 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Coram closing controversial uranium mines

State Rep. Don Coram is taking steps to clean up and shut down four uranium mines he owns, making him among the first uranium mine operators in Colorado to call it quits for now and restore ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Corrections

The picture with the junior rodeo queen attendant in Tuesdayâ€™s Journal had the wrong spelling for her name. It should have been junior attendant Erin Ryan. *** A cour...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge OKs 3rd plea deal for Dunn

Prosecuting and defense attorneys deliberated for more than an hour Monday morning to hammer out a new plea deal in the case against Mark Dunn. Dunn, 47, listened intently as Dist...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Board wants to list building as ‘endangered’

Stone Calkins school, built in 1909, stands vacant, only partially renovated

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Library brightened for children

The children’s section at the Cortez Public Library was officially unveiled Thursday evening at a dedication ceremony. Cortez City Manager Shane Hale said the recent makeover at ...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Old mines, today’s water Environmental agency cleans up Rico’s mineral legacy

“We all live downstream,” as the saying goes, and that becomes more of a concern when abandoned mines are upstream, which is the case near the headwaters of the Dolores River. Nor...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Landfill victim is named

The identity of the victim of a fatal accident at the Montezuma County landfill Monday morning has been released. Chris Rezek, 49, died after being crushed accidently by a hydraul...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kinder Morgan hit with $220,000 fines for violations ‘Pattern of rulebreaking’ drew attention

DENVER – Kinder Morgan will pay up to $220,000 in fines for a pattern of environmental violations at carbon dioxide wells it drilled last year between Cortez and Dove Creek. The p...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News