New Lamp Post Creative Learning Center opens in Cortez

The learning center was dreamed up by former MCHS drama director and his wife

Cortez Salvation Army to host ‘Stuff the Bus,’ Osprey backpack giveaway

The drive will help provide students with essential supplies for school

Cortez Adventist Christian School will hold student registration July 22

The school serves students kindergarten through eighth grade

Registration is open for fall at Kiva Children’s House preschool

The preschool is open despite rumors of its closure

Students thrive in health care internship at Southwest Health System

Program has students from across Montezuma County and Durango

Southwest Open School joins Third Thursdays with aim of increasing enrollment

There are three Third Thursdays left for the 2025 season

Montezuma-Cortez district revising nondiscrimination policy amid funding concerns

New requirements put in place by the Trump administration were cited

Cortez Superintendent Tom Burris annnounces defamation lawsuit against JJ Lewis

Superintendent Tom Burris says claims against him were ‘revenge or politics’

Montezuma-Cortez graduate and junior compete at International Thespian Festival

Cruz Hernandez and Brian Sandner both received excellent ratings

Montezuma-Cortez school board discusses English language development, clear bags

A potential clear bag policy is being discussed, with school safety cited

Children’s Kiva Montessori School is named a Spotlight School

The school was awarded the recognition, showing a rural campus can still make a big impact

Piñon Project’s Fatherhood Program empowers dads in Cortez

Program aims to help strengthen families in the county