FLC releases dean’s list

Over 400 students were named to Fort Lewis College’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2015 semester. These students took at least 15 credits of gradable hours and achieved a 3.60 or higher grade p...

Sixth annual CMU Student Showcase Winners

For The Cortez Journal Clinton Pruitt, of Pleasant View, has won first place in Colorado Mesa University Student Showcase’s Career and Technical Education category, with the proje...

SWOS explores Nigerian culture through literature, food

Southwest Open School served a Nigerian dinner on Wednesday, May 20, as part of its yearlong Common Read. The evening program was organized around the novel “Purple Hibiscus.” Di...

Sheriff’s Blotter

SATURDAY, MAY 16 11:47 a.m. A 69-year-old man reported that his home nurse stole a $100 money order. Records from the Post Office confirmed the man’s suspicion. The alleged suspec...

Graduate gets a running start at college education

Bradshaw gets degree from Mancos High, associate’s degree from SCCC

Durango college graduates 150 students

Pediatrician tells SWCCC class of 2015 ‘have no fear of failure’

Local Briefs

M-CHS fundraising gets early start The M-CHS Booster Club will be sending student athletes out into the community to start selling ads for the 2015-16 athletic seasons to get an e...

Walck wins Gates scholarship

M-CHS senior is headed to Stanford

Mr. Kneel Hip-Hop launches reading program

The Cortez Journal The 2015 Cortez Public Library’s Summer Reading Program’s Family Entertainment Series will kick off with Mr. Kneel Hip-Hop for families on Wednesday, June 3, at...

M-CHS Booster Club gets early start to fundraising

The Cortez Journal The M-CHS Booster Club will be sending student athletes out into the community to start selling ads for the 2015-16 athletic seasons to get an early start so th...

Library’s Storytime helps stop ‘summer slide’

Something is waiting for many children each summer, and their parents don’t even know it’s out there. It’s called the “summer slide,” and it describes what happens when young minds sit idle ...

SCCC graduates 151 students on Sunday

Graduation speaker will be Isaac Pope