Cortez 3rd-graders reading below Colorado average

One in 10 Colorado third-graders performed unsatisfactory on state reading exams this year. The rate was nearly double for third-graders in the Montezuma-Cortez School District. A...

Vaccination rates may go public

Legislation directs state <br/>to guide implementation

Southwest Studies doctoral fellowship

Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will offer an inaugural doctoral fellowship in Southwestern history, broadly defined, beginning in August 2014. The fellowship is a collabo...

Role model

Kemper sings into spring

SWOS field trip on the Dolores

Students at Southwest Open School took a productive field trip to the lower Dolores River on Monday. As part of teacher Matt Robinson’s Environmental Studies class seven students ...

Students prefer Web counseling for privacy

DENVER - Young people often feel more comfortable chatting online about their troubles than talking about them face-to-face, so Colorado students should have round-the-clock access to counse...

Panther prom king and queen

Life’s maze

Program for teens illustrates effects of choices

Library giving book to kids as part of state program

Four-year-olds are encouraged to stop by the Cortez Public Library until April 21 to receive a free book courtesy of the Colorado State Library. One Book 4 Colorado, now in its t...

Colo. House passes tuition bill for Native Americans

Those with historical state ties would benefit; bill faces Senate vote

Cortez schools gain on goal for freshly cooked meals

About 75 percent of food is cooked on site and from scratch, food service director says