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Town officials consider retail pot

Town officials plan to discuss local retail marijuana ventures tonight at their monthly meeting. According to recent data, more than half of Colorado cities and towns have prohibited retail...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Town of Mancos budget talks will continue tonight

At tonight's town trustees meeting, discussions on the 2014 budget and economic development strategy will resume. Mancos leaders pondering the town's 2014 budget recently received a third quarter...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Court battles ongoing

A court-appointed manager of the Red Arrow Gold Mine has been discharged of any liability, minus any willful misconduct or gross negligence. District Court Judge Todd Plewe on Friday, Nov. 8,...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

City to consider beautification plan tonight

Municipal leaders are expected to adopt a master beautification plan at tonight’s city council meeting, paving the way to enhance Cortez roadways. Durango-based architecture firm DHM Design...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Board to consider options for charter

Rather than hypothetical financial impacts, the true bottom line to education is student achievement. That’s the opinion of Anna Cole, a volunteer hoping the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heart & Soul prepares for value statements

Cortez Heart and Soul wants the character of the community to shape development. In January 2012, Cortez was awarded a Heart and Soul Community Planning Grant from the Orton Family Foundation....

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Area dodges quicksilver poisoning, for now

Despite public health concerns over Red Arrow gold milling operations, no one has tested positive for mercury poisoning. Operations at the illegal, unpermitted Red Arrow gold mill outside of Mancos...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court battles go on

A court-appointed manager of the Red Arrow Gold Mine has been discharged of any liability, minus any willful misconduct or gross negligence. District Court Judge Todd Plewe on Friday, Nov. 8,...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribal College Journal launches arts webzine

For nearly 25 years, the Tribal College Journal has been published in Mancos, but the periodical recently launched an online presence. “We are the only publication specifically targeting tribal...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Living

Cause of inmate’s death unknown

Law enforcement officials have yet to release autopsy results for an inmate who died last month while in custody at the Montezuma County jail. Harrison M. Begay, 38, of Tonalea, Ariz., died inside...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge amends charges in Roatcap case

Charges against a Dolores man accused of starting the Roatcap fire in October 2012 have been amended to include seven victims. Previous District Attorney Russell Wasley initially charged Roger...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lost submariner update: Sylvan honors local veterans’ service

About seven miles west of Pleasant View, a veteran’s memorial at Sylvan Cemetery honors three war heroes who never returned home. The 5-foot-tall concrete memorial includes three bronze plaques,...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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