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Montezuma-Cortez Superintendent Haukeness announces retirement

Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 Superintendent Lori Haukeness announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of the school year. Haukeness has served as superintendent since 2016, capping...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Axis Health System vaccinates 240 people Saturday at clinic in Cortez

Cortez Integrated Healthcare inoculated 240 people age 70 or older Saturday with the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Recipients of the vaccine fell under the state’s Phase 1B designation for the...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor releases final plan to reduce emissions by 90%

The state released its final version of the highly touted “Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap” Thursday, claiming it lays down the path and the timing of specific rules and legislation to...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado sues BLM over Western Slope management plan

Gov. Jared Polis didn’t like the Bureau of Land Management’s long-range management plan for the Uncompahgre Plateau, saying the expansion of oil drilling in the region did not jibe with state laws...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor says ‘we were lied to’ about vaccine plan

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday said he was “shocked” to learn that Colorado will be receiving far fewer doses of coronavirus vaccine next week than anticipated after the Trump administration’s promise...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police dismayed after protesters show up at health director’s home

A line has been crossed, local law enforcement says, after nearly 20 people gathered outside the private home of San Juan Basin Public Health Executive Director Liane Jollon to protest public...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos awards second round of CARES Act funding

The town of Mancos has now awarded nearly $75,000 to local businesses in federal coronavirus relief funding during two grant cycles. The second round of grants, which were distributed by the end of...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores passes $2 million budget, reports tax revenue increase

The Dolores Town Board approved a $2.04 million budget for 2021 that funds a variety of services and includes a major solar project, infrastructure upgrades and recreation amenities. The budget is...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez students win at virtual improv competition

The pandemic didn’t stop Montezuma-Cortez High School students from showing off their improv skills at the Colorado State Thespian Conference and winning the Critic’s Choice award. The conference,...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

What impact are ski areas having on coronavirus spread?

Colorado’s resort communities are teetering on the edge of increased restrictions as a potential surge in COVID-19 cases from the busy holidays looms. But public health officials in eight...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

DA offers to dismiss charge in fatal pedestrian crash in Cortez

A Towaoc man who struck and fatally injured a pedestrian while driving in Cortez has been granted a diversion agreement with the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Under the arrangement,...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Recall election for Montezuma-Cortez school board member Lance McDaniel set for Feb. 16

A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from the Montezeuma-Cortez School District RE-1 Board of Education is scheduled for Feb. 16. The election comes after a petition filed in July...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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