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New education center opens at Fozzie’s Farm

Montezuma Land Conservancy members and supporters ushered in a new education center at the organization’s own Fozzie’s Farm during an open house Thursday afternoon. Fozzie’s Farm is a farm...

DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Volunteers, Red Cross install 136 free smoke alarms in Cortez

Volunteers, fire officials and Red Cross staff members dispersed throughout neighborhoods along Seventh Street on Saturday morning for free smoke alarm installations. Their sweep of the south side...

DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lewis-Arriola fifth graders run ‘Our Town’

Lewis-Arriola Elementary students have set up shop in Alison Robinson’s classroom. It’s part of the “Our Town” project she started when she began working at the school six years ago, as part of an...

DATE: May 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kemper focuses on trauma-informed teaching

Childhood trauma can last a lifetime and affect all aspects of life. The severity of childhood trauma has local schools addressing the issue early. Schools are incorporating trauma-informed...

DATE: May 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

A Black Hawk in Cortez

A Black Hawk helicopter touched down at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School Tuesday afternoon as part of an annual anti-drug campaign. Members of the Colorado National Guard – some of whom flew in via...

DATE: May 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Elementary School dismissing week early

Mancos Elementary School students will be released a week early from school this May because of the large construction project underway. The early release on May 16 is intended to give teachers...

DATE: May 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Calkins building development plans move forward

Plans to develop the old Calkins building are moving forward, as the Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a conditional-use permit to allow for a possible multifamily...

DATE: May 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four Corners Poets come to Mancos

Tina Deschenie’s mother was always impeccably dressed. She was also tough as nails, able to drive an old pickup truck through “fierce road conditions” every day to work. And she is the subject of...

DATE: May 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Destination Imagination team heads to global finals

The Dolores Middle School Destination Imagination team will head to the global finals to compete against teams from all over the world. Destination Imagination is an academic competition in which...

DATE: May 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coalition plans soft opening for ‘community food center’

The Montezuma Food Coalition’s “community food center” will soon have a soft opening at the colorful corner of Beech and North streets in Cortez. This is the pilot project for the center, which has...

DATE: May 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Cross to install free smoke alarms in Cortez

A local American Red Cross chapter plans to install free fire alarms in Cortez and seeks volunteers to help. The Sound the Alarm event is part of a national effort to reduce fire-related deaths and...

DATE: May 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez residents hit the streets to clean up town

Volunteers and city staff kicked off Cleanup Week by scouring the streets Saturday with trash bags in hand. The week from May 6-10 aims to encourage residents to clean out their garages, yards and...

DATE: May 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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