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Montezuma-Cortez School District is ‘off the clock’

Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 District Superintendent Lori Haukeness on Tuesday announced that the Re-1 School District is off the accountability clock. The district received notification last week from...

DATE: Nov. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Zuma Natural Foods is under new ownership

Katie Wall did not plan on purchasing a business when she decided to visit a lifelong friend in Mancos. Wall had more travels planned after a life transition in her home state of Minnesota...

DATE: Nov. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores School Board approves architect for health clinic

The Dolores School Board on Thursday approved Tim Flanagan for the architect position for the construction of a school-based health clinic. The board members were presented the packet about...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crew working weekends on Cortez fire station construction

The Cortez Fire Protection District received an update on the construction of its new station at during the board’s monthly meeting on Wednesday night. According to Kyle Blackman, who is in charge...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Perfect attendance earns sweet treat

Fifty-two Montezuma-Cortez High School students received a $5 gift card to Cold Stone Creamery for perfect attendance in the first quarter of the 2017/2018 school year. They are: Ansel Baker,...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

M-CHS presents complex, amusing play ‘Noises Off’

Montezuma-Cortez High School Drama will premier “Noises Off,” a “comic farce” by Michael Frayn, on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Ralph E. Vavak Memorial Auditorium. Other show times are Nov. 11, 17 and...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Leo and Max trek the U.S. to raise funds for animals

On a cold and windy election day, Cortez had a couple of visitors. Both bundled up from head to toe, Leo Dever and his dog, Sassy Max, stopped in at Kokopelli Bike and Board on their way through...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez considers cuts after school tax fails

Voters rejected the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District’s request to raise property taxes on Tuesday night, and the district quickly warned that budget cuts were likely. In other county...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

28th Parade of Lights prepares to light up Main Street Cortez

The 28th annual Four Corners Board of Realtors Parade of Lights will be Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. on Main Street in Cortez. The parade’s theme is “Back-Country Christmas.” In a news release,...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos schools celebrate Dia de los Muertos

The Mancos School District held its fourth annual Dia de los Muertos Festival on Thursday. Dia de los Muertos is a cultural holiday celebrated throughout Latin America and the United States....

DATE: Nov. 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Middle School premieres 'Into the Woods, Jr.'

Cortez Middle School Theater premiered “Into the Woods, Jr.,” a twist on Stephen Sondheim’s musical fairytale about the choices and wishes we make in life. The show premiered on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7...

DATE: Nov. 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Early child development training is coming to Cortez

The Coordinated Approach to Child Health Early Childhood development program training will come to Cortez from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 13-14 and 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 15. CATCH is a physical...

DATE: Nov. 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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