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Alexcia Sharp is thankful that adults can prosecute child abusers, but she believes children can play a role in prevention. “I think, since it’s about us, we kids should be part of the solution,”...
DATE: July 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Montezuma-Cortez School District projects to spend more than $17.8 million for general operations next year, a 4 percent increase over last year’s $17.1 million budget. The school board...
DATE: July 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Some 500 tubes loaded with pyrotechnics are set to explode over Cortez tonight. The fireworks show is slated for 9 p.m. Friday at Parque de Vida. The man behind the city’s annual Fourth of July...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
It took less than three minutes Monday for a district court judge to issue a $200,000 restitution order in connection to the 2012 Roatcap fire. Appearing before Judge Todd Plewe on Monday, June 30,...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Construction on the $33.7 million Montezuma-Cortez High School is on schedule. The new two-story 152,500-square-foot schoolhouse is expected to open in fall 2015. Senior project manager Rick...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
As of press time Thursday, three suspects remained at large in connection to Operation Under the Radar, a local drug sting. The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office and Cortez Police Department...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The town board approved a land-use change June 25 that will allow an RV park development project to move forward. During a heated, 90-minute public hearing, town officials heard from about three...
DATE: July 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News
Come the Fourth of July, black powder runs through Keenan Ertel’s veins. “The smoke, the smell, the colors, the beauty; it’s all wonderful to me,” he said. A Montezuma County commissioner and...
DATE: June 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ancient quids are softer than a rock, and similar in touch to a dried sponge. The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society hosts a lecture tonight to examine ancient Yucca quids...
DATE: June 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A civil-rights lawsuit claims that “incompetent” and “heavily armed” deputies have used “excessive force” under Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell’s direct supervision. Filed on Monday, June...
DATE: June 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The city of Cortez wants your feedback. And you don’t have to go to City Hall to give officials a piece of your mind. The city has launched a new online tool that enables citizens to share their...
DATE: June 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Utah authorities have launched a child-exploitation probe connected to a former Cortez teacher. The Desert News in Salt Lake City reported this week that Edward A. Greene, 54, of Spanish Fork,...
DATE: June 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
