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Jumping mouse endangered

A little brown mouse that sleeps nine months of the year and is known for its impressive leaping ability was recently listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On June...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Jumping mouse endangered

A little brown mouse that sleeps nine months of the year and is known for its impressive leaping ability was recently listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.On June...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Centennial Pond will be drained for cleaning, upgrade

The Centennial Park pond will be mostly drained next week for a much needed cleaning and upgrade. The popular duck pond has not been cleaned since it was created in 1986, said Mark Boblitt, Cortez...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Poverty afflicts local kids

A recent report on the health of children in Montezuma County shows room for improvement. The report is part of the Colorado Children’s “Kid Count” campaign. Vangi McCoy, coordinator for the...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local groups rehab Dolores River

Trout Unlimited and The Nature Conservancy are working to improve fish habitat and riparian health on the upper and lower Dolores River. Matt Clark, director for the Dolores River Chapter of Trout...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Western Slope to Denver: Stop watering lawns

Agricultural dry-up is an ominous phrase, but it's reality on the Front Range as farmers sell off water rights to satisfy unquenchable urban sprawl. It won't be enough. Population predictions show...

DATE: Sept. 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Design board OKs Family Dollar

The Mancos Design Review Board voted 3-0 to approve aesthetic architecture plans for the Family Dollar store Monday night. The plan includes a dark green awning, a stone facade below the front...

DATE: Sept. 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

West Slope to Denver: Stop watering lawns

Agricultural dry-up is an ominous phrase, but it’s reality on the Front Range as farmers sell off water rights to satisfy unquenchable urban sprawl. It won’t be enough. Population predictions show...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

County officials object to monument land purchase

The Montezuma County commissioners are officially opposing a BLM land purchase of 940 acres that would expand Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Two lots owned by Bud Poe on the Monument’s...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Schools continue uphill struggle

The Montezuma-Cortez school district is a mere “four points away” from moving into a higher accreditation rating with the state, Superintendent Alex Carter reported this week. “It is not the...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Orchard-picking becoming a niche market

Local produce seller Lisa Jenkins and her family are on a quest to collect the forgotten bounty of the region’s abandoned fruit orchards. Across Montezuma County, peaches, pears, plums, and apples...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Work crews will arrive soon to build trail

A free labor force will soon arrive in Dolores with chain saws, picks and shovels to scrape in a new trail up to the mesa. The town section is the first step of the 6-mile, nonmotorized Overlook...

DATE: Sept. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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