Position: Reporter

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: 970-564-6034

About: Michael Maresh is the education, county and public lands reporter for the Journal. Maresh grew up in Phoenix Ariz., and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in the late 1990s and has been a reporter for various newspapers for the last 15 years, most recently with the Rio Grande SUN in Española, N.M. which is 23 miles north of Santa Fe.
When not working, Maresh likes to run, hike, barbecue and is a sports fanatic to the fullest when it comes to football, basketball and baseball.
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Community college shakeup

About 13 hours after Southwest Colorado Community College solicited community feedback for its 2012-2015 Strategic Plan Wednesday evening, Pueblo Community College gave two deans their walking...

DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

A glimpse at the start of a town

The Cortez Historic Preservation Week gave residents a glimpse of the 41 historic buildings on Montezuma Avenue in Cortez. Jill Seyfarth, a historian and architect out of Durango and owner of...

DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

M-CHS has its new principal

The Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 looked into its own ranks in finding the high school principal to replace the retiring Gordon Shepherd.The district selected Mesa Elementary Principal...

DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Talented trio named to all-state band

M-CHS musicians earn prestigious distinction

DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Food task force looking for production answers

Spearheaded by LiveWell Montezuma, a food task force is being developed to assess local foods produced in the county.LiveWell Montezuma Coordinator JoDee Powers said some of the questions in the...

DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Re-1 budget battle begins

The Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 is trying to find a way to trim $1.2 million off its 2012-13 budget due to some budget decisions in past years that could be reversed in the upcoming...

DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Leading by Example

Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Victoria Stanley likes to be involved and help where and whenever she can.Currently she’s trying to raise awareness and funds for cancer programs.Stanley is a...

DATE: May 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Living

County looks at zoning issue

After two public hearings, the Montezuma County Commission Monday afternoon approved amendments to the county’s land use code.Included in the land use code is rezoning the unzoned parcels of land...

DATE: May 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suckla makes ballot

The District 3 Montezuma County commissioner race is getting more crowded.Another candidate will be on the ballot in the November’s general election after his signatures were verified by the county...

DATE: May 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Re-1 sees increase in test scores

The Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (formerly CSAP) scores that were released last week by the Colorado Department of Education show that more third-graders in the Montezuma-Cortez School...

DATE: May 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Re-1 school district facing bus driver dilemma

Officials evaluating cutting hours, benefits

DATE: May 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Future of Calkins building uncertain

The Cortez Historic Society was given some somber news after being given some good news at its Tuesday luncheon with two Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 administrators.Michael Canzona, chief...

DATE: May 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

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