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The Great Recession has left the Cortez Cultural Center in dire straits. Over the past year, the center has experienced a budget shortfall of $9,539 from an operating budget of $252,375, Executive...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
To mitigate or not mitigate? That might have been a question one couldve asked prior to this past summers Weber Canyon Fire, which started June 22 and burned until July 1. But for those La Plata...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: MT - News
Janice Lang Gallegos, 58, has been helping translate the Bible into the Ute language since 1986. One can call it a family affair 26 years in the making.Her late mother, Elizabeth Marsh, and...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Living
What to do about cooling some upper-level classrooms at Cortez Middle School is still unresolved. Earlier this fall, temperatures in some classrooms climbed into the upper 80s and the low 90s. On...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Montezuma-Cortez High School Principal Jason Wayman is full of ideas.On of those is Saturday School.It is new to Montezuma-Cortez High School this year, and provides another way for M-CHS staff...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Cindy Mihelich is leaving her post as interim executive dean at Southwest Colorado Community College at the end of the month. Mihelich was named to the position earlier this year after the deans of...
DATE: Sept. 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Local ranchers participate in Colo. Proud Day
DATE: Sept. 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Narraguinep Reservoir is at its lowest point in 10 years, but there is enough water to supply irrigation needs for the rest of the season.Thats the word from Don Magnuson, general manager for...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Cortez 21st Century High School Committee is gearing up for a fall election drive. The committee provided information to local business leaders on Wednesday as part of a Cortez Area Chamber of...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Bats are decreasing and lunch prices are increasing. Thats the word from Tuesdays meeting of the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 Board. Cortez Middle School Principal Jamie Haukeness...
DATE: Sept. 6, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Club 20 is starting to address health care on the Western Slope of Colorado. Founded in 1953, the organization recently held its first health care forum in Cortez.Stefani Conley, an independent...
DATE: Sept. 4, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Not a pleasant day at school.A nasty and creepy experience. Thats what eighth-grader Anthony Borders called an infestation of bats this week at Cortez Middle School.After an unsuccessful effort...
DATE: Sept. 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News