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The seedlings were thinned – 12 inches apart – and covered with frost fabric for several weeks. The dill, cilantro and calendula grew next to the award-winning kale. “I like the interaction of...
DATE: Aug. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
A drug trafficking case was tossed out of District Court last week after prosecutors questioned the “lawful scope” of the arrest. Assistant District Attorney Sean Murray requested the pending...
DATE: Aug. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fired last week, a Montezuma County employee said she intends to seek legal advice over potential civil action for wrongful termination. After an employment hearing on Monday, July 28, Montezuma...
DATE: July 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
To a round of applause, 12-year-old Rayanne McClure was crowned the winner of the Montezuma County Fair cake-decorating contest. Her face lit up when awarded the grand champion ribbon on Tuesday,...
DATE: July 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Road construction equipment has rolled into Cortez as resurfacing efforts have resumed along Colorado 145. The $5.7 million project started outside of Dolores in March, but the work was postponed...
DATE: July 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News
A week after the summer solstice, a Mancos farmer planted an acre of hemp, outlawed in Colorado until 2014. Under ideal conditions, an acre of industrial hemp could equal paper production from two...
DATE: July 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News
Road construction equipment has rolled into Cortez as resurfacing efforts have resumed along Colorado 145. The $5.7 million project started outside of Dolores in March, but the work was postponed...
DATE: July 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ancient ruins at the site of the new Montezuma-Cortez High School have been stabilized and untouched, according to archaeological officials. Thirty years ago, a company searching for gravel...
DATE: July 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Initially indicted on nine felony child-ex charges, a Montezuma County grand jury recently stacked four additional charges on top of a convicted sex offender. The amended indictment was filed 35...
DATE: July 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A decision to prohibit or legalize commercial marijuana in Cortez could be settled next month. City Manager Shane Hale said council members would take up the measure at its Aug. 12 meeting. It...
DATE: July 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
“Tyranny” and “liberty” were repeated numerous times before Michael Steele took the podium Monday to address the Tea Party’s Four Corners 9/12 Project. Steele, a write-in candidate for Montezuma...
DATE: July 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Montezuma County Fair gets cooking next week. The first culinary event is a 4-H Club cake-decorating contest. Held inside the main barn, the cake-decorating competition is served at 10 a.m....
DATE: July 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
