Mancos Thrift Shop makes room for Family Dollar
The Mancos Thrift Shop is coming down to make room for a Family Dollar store.
Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said the building was sold to local salvagers unaffiliated with Family Dollar.
Phillips added that Family Dollar developers still need to finalize the plans for the store.
A moratorium on big-box stores expired in March 2014.
A new store would be about half the size of a Walgreens, developers said. The company would be willing to decorate the building with faux stone to help it blend into the neighborhood and use muted sign lighting. A store would employ about nine to 11 people.
Navajo Pride issues recall of flour for salmonella risk
Navajo Agricultural Products Industry near Farmington issued a voluntary recall of flour that may be contaminated with salmonella.
The Daily Times in Farmington reports the tribal company said last week that bleached, all-purpose flour labeled with an expiration date of March 16, 2016, should not be used.
The flour is sold under the company’s Navajo Pride label.
Company officials say customers either can throw it away or return it for a refund. They say nobody has reported contracting the bacteria.
Southwest Colorado eSchool takes enrollments
The Southwest Colorado eSchool is accepting enrollments from regional students for the 2015-16 school year. Students can enroll for full-time study and earn an online diploma. Students also may consult with their school counselor if they are interested in a blended learning model involving both face-to-face and online coursework.
The SWCeS is a public online school serving secondary students in grades 7-12.
Enrollments are open to any student from the nine districts of southwestern Colorado spanning Dove Creek to Pagosa Springs. Information: Visit the school’s website at www.southwestcoloradoeschool.org or call 970-403-0946.
Canyons of Ancients seeks trail volunteers
The San Juan Mountains Association and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is recruiting volunteer trail information specialists for Sand Canyon in Cortez.
Training is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon on April 11 at the Anasazi Heritage Center. Afternoon training will be at Sand Canyon, 1-3 p.m.
Volunteers will be hiking, biking or horseback riding the Sand Canyon Trail area during high-use times of the year and informing the public about Leave No Trace ethics, as well as CANM regulations.
Contact Kathe@sjma.org or 385.1310 if interested.
$1M water project breaks ground in Mancos
Contractors have broken ground on the $1.165 million Mancos Water System project.
The project is expected to be paid by a USDA Rural Development Loan, Colorado Department of Local Affairs and local contributions.
The project was awarded to Redpoint Contracting and will be paid in part with a $491,000 loan from the U. S. Department of Agricultural Rural Development and a $455,000 grant from the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund. The town will pay the remaining $219,407 – $157,000 of which will be paid by a private developer, according to town documents.
The current tank stores 300,000 gallons. The new tank would hold 430,000 gallons.
The Cortez Journal