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Group to explain benefits for former uranium workers

Cold War Patriots, a non-profit organization, has organized six town hall meetings to inform the community on issues that may affect former uranium workers. Two meetings will be held Tuesday...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Medical pot farm OK’d for Hesperus

A commercial medical marijuana cultivation facility in a Hesperus neighborhood has been granted a land-use permit by the La Plata County commissioners. Hesperus Mountain Healers p...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Citizens Bank sold N.M.-based bank buys local institution

Four Corners Community Bank, based in Farmington, has signed an agreement to acquire Citizens State Bank of Cortez, a subsidiary of Community Bankshares, Inc. The consolidation was announced...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Some city workers to get raises

Compensation study shows half of municipal employees are underpaid

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sanitation district revisits rates

A preliminary rate study suggests the Cortez Sanitation District should bill all its customers a known flat rate. Commissioned by the Cortez Sanitation District (CSD), the study w...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear visit

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Topography tweaks M-CHS building plan

A hilly sagebrush field with commanding views of Sleeping Ute Mountain will soon be transformed into the new Montezuma-Cortez high school. The $44 million project will include a 1...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Searchers: No signs of missing Texas man

There is still no sign of Mitchell Dale Stehling, a 51-year-old Texas man who has been missing since Sunday at Mesa Verde National Park. More than 50 searchers on foot and horseba...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Police blotter

Saturday, June 8 While doing a bar check police recognized a female from previous contacts. Knowing that she had a protection order that prohibited her from consuming alcohol, the...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pet of the week

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

CU-Boulder study: Blowing dust increasing

The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. ...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Roatcap fire case inches toward trial

“I got this one beat, boy!” That’s what Roger “Bucky” Stratton boasted upon exiting the district court house Tuesday afternoon following a 3½ hour motions hearing. His attorney, p...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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