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Mesa Verde plans prescribed burn

Mesa Verde National Park is planning to implement a prescribed fire this week, as weather allows. This controlled burn is being conducted to reduce the wildland fire hazard and promote regen...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

CMS students to hold Medieval Faire April 26, 27

The students of Cortez Middle School are up in arms! Well, medieval arms, that is. The seventh-graders on campus are busily working on their second annual Medieval Faire to be op...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Dolores woman chosen for prestigious Congress Bundestag Fellowship

Dawn Noyes of Dolores has been selected to partaicipate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX), a year-long federally funded fellowship for study and work in...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Children’s Kiva Montessori School seeks board members

The Children’s Kiva Montessori School is currently seeking individuals to serve on its board of directors. This is a volunteer position. The Kiva, a Colorado nonprofit 501c3 orga...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Annie

POSTERS AROUND TOWN advertise the M-CHS production of “Annie,” For more information, see the story on Page 1A of today’s Journal. The cast includes about 80 high school, middle school and el...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Horse lives on through student’s honored artwork

When Ayesha Clark was 12 years old, her horse, Red Star, disappeared, presumably stolen in the night. Six years later, Red Star is still missing, but not completely gone from her ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Soar like an Eagle Scout

Teen’s final project benefits local cemetery

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Ag expo announces changes for 2014

The Four States Agricultural Exposition board has announced changes for the 2014 expo. The ag expo will be a three-day show, Thursday through Saturday, instead of four days as it ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

State jobless rate drops to 7.1%

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in March from February’s rate of 7.2 percent. The departmen...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Property taxes due April 30

Montezuma County Treasurer Sherry Dyess reminds property owners that April 30, 2013, is the deadline to pay the 2012 property taxes for those who are paying in full. The new mailing address ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Search engine optimization class offered at Chamber

Geeks on Grand is offering a new three-session class on search engine optimization (SEO) at the Cortez Chamber of Commerce. The April 25 class will focus on basic SEO for websites; on May 30...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Beauty salon opens on Main Street

From the black-and-white checkered linoleum floor to the pressed-tin ceiling overhead, Rhonda Tucker’s new salon, Hairvolution, has a few vestiges from the past. But her take on ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business