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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.” Diners sampled egusi...

DATE: May 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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 suspect was issued a...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Graduate gets a running start at college education

Mariah Lee Bradshaw, 17, left the commencement on Sunday with two degrees, a high school diploma from Mancos and an associate’s degree in cosmetology from Southwest Colorado Community College. It...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango college graduates 150 students

On Sunday, the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall was buzzing with excitement for the Southwest Colorado Community College’s class of 2015. Even outside of the elegant mason building, the...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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 early start so that...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Walck wins Gates scholarship

After four stellar years on the football field, basketball court and in the classroom, Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Jonathan Walck has been awarded a Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship. Walck...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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 2 p.m. Join Neil...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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 that athletes will...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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 for...

DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

SCCC graduates 151 students on Sunday

Dr. Isaac Pope, a Pueblo Junior College alumnus who played on the 1961 National Junior College Basketball Championship team, will deliver the keynote address Sunday at the commencement ceremony in...

DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Garcher wins $1,000 Knights scholarship

The Cortez Knights of Columbus Council 4209 has announced that the Knights Memorial Scholarship for this year has been awarded to Kayla Marie Garchar. Garcher is a 2015 graduate of Dolores High...

DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Mesa art show

DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

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