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Quilting lesson

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

'Blind Side' tutor to speak at SCCC commencement

Sue Mitchell, a key figure in the best-selling book "The Blind Side" and in the Oscar-nominated movie of the same title, will deliver the keynote address at Southwest Colorado Community Coll...

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Teachers coach teachers

New program will change how 4 districts' teachers are evaluated, mentored

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Local author shares tips with Mancos students

Local author Erin S. Gray recently visited Mancos Middle School's publication classroom. Gray chatted with the Ms. Farrar's seventh- and eighth-grade students at Mancos Middle Sch...

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

No more lockers at new M-CHS?

The way schools operate is changing: e-readers instead of board packets and perhaps in place of textbooks, tightened security measures, and now, maybe, no lockers? "It's an idea a...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

DWCD buys into hydropower study

The Dolores Water Conservancy District took a small step this month toward determining whether a large hydroelectric plant could be built at Plateau Creek, a tributary of McPhee Reservoir. ...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News