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Anasazi center to display ancient, contemporary baskets

Visitors to the Anasazi Heritage Center this year will be able to see the diverse history of Native American basketry in the Four Corners from 7,000 years ago to present day. Baskets were first...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community-supported Mancos farms give buyers more options

Montezuma County residents will have more options to buy food directly from Mancos farmers this year. Two community-supported agriculture programs in the valley will offer the option to buy...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community leader named citizen of the year

The list of Mancos organizations that Betsy Harrison has championed is lengthy. On Feb. 11, the community gathered to recognize her work on the Mancos Common Press, Mancos Valley Resources, Mancos...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Wings expanding Cortez-area program for troubled students

A day-treatment program for kids with behavioral problems in Cortez is planning an expansion. New Wings on S. Washington Street is planning a new $120,000 building that will house a classroom and...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Grant helps help region’s parents find child care

More parents have been able to find licensed child care for their infants and toddlers thanks to grants through the Southwest Colorado Early Childhood Collaborative. In the first year, the grants...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Living

Cortez Chamber names Weinmeister new director

The executive director of the Cortez Cultural Center will start leading the Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce in April. Jeff Weinmeister helped keep the cultural center open and continues to lead it...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Travelers, beware of zika

Young women have been asking experts at Southwest Memorial Hospital about traveling to countries that are combating outbreaks of zika virus and possibly associated cases of microcephaly. In...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Cortez man found not guilty in restraining-order case

A man cleared of assaulting police in December was found not guilty of violating criminal and civil restraining orders Thursday. A jury of six found Shane French not guilty in Montezuma County...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Body found in Wal-Mart parking lot

A body was found in a van in the Wal-Mart parking lot of Thursday morning. Police were asked to check on the van because it had been there a couple of days, said Police Chief Roy Lane. The man they...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez man in Make My Day case sentenced for violating restraining order

A Cortez man who was at the center of a Make My Day case is now facing another trial for violating a criminal and civil restraining orders. Shane French’s trial started Thursday, two days after he...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos co-op gets a boost to help expand distribution

Durangoans could be eating more Montezuma County vegetables this year. In the spring, the Mancos-based Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative will be launching a community supported agriculture program...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos working to upgrade water system for $530,600

The aging Mancos water system is getting a financial boost from regional agencies, and it may receive more money from the state. The town is looking to improve its raw water system, replace a...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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