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Pie Maker opening bakery and cafe

This Valentine’s Day, a new business is hoping to warm hearts and fill stomachs of dessert lovers in Cortez as it opens its doors to the public for the first time.The Pie Maker, Mancos couple Shani...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Heart & Soul is given extension

The Heart & Soul Project has been extended another seven months to implement several of its community enhancement projects, following approval from the Cortez City Council. It’s the final phase of...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado ranks low for measles vaccination

As news of a measles outbreak spread across the nation last week, data indicated that the vaccination rate for Colorado pre-kindergarten and kindergartners was the lowest in the U.S., at 81.4...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bridge holds ninth Soups of the World event

The weather on Friday Jan. 30 was cold, gray, wet and in no uncertain terms, a perfect backdrop for the ninth annual Soups Of the World event at the County Annex building. For a $10 ticket,...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Bridge holds ninth Soups of the World event

The weather on Friday Jan. 30 was cold, gray, wet and in no uncertain terms, a perfect backdrop for the ninth annual Soups Of the World event at the County Annex building. For a $10 ticket,...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Town board passes pot moratorium

The Mancos Town Board of Trustees on Jan. 28 unanimously passed an emergency ordinance that sets a temporary moratorium on new medical or retail marijuana businesses. Town Administrator Andrea...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Cortez cop starts mobile gaming business

There was a time when a magician or clown was enough to keep a kid’s birthday party going, but times have changed, and in response, a new local business is giving birthday parties a 21st century...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Tipton gets taste of Southwest Open School’s philosophy

As part of National School Choice Week, third-term Congressman and Cortez native Rep. Scott Tipton stopped by Southwest Open School in Cortez on Jan. 29 for a student-led tour. Southwest Open...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bridge holds ninth Soups of the World event

The weather on Friday Jan. 30 was cold, gray, wet and in no uncertain terms, a perfect backdrop for the ninth annual Soups Of the World event at the County Annex building. For a $10 ticket,...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Wet weather coming, ending stretch of record highs

It’s shaping up to be a soggy weekend in Montezuma County, nothing like the sunny and record-setting warm weather last weekend.Unseasonably warm weather in Cortez on Sunday and Monday broke...

DATE: Jan. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Award-winner Sullivan and band play Jan. 31

Over the course of his expansive career, singer, guitarist and Durango resident Tim Sullivan has played in venues all over the world, but says he relishes an opportunity to play a show near home. ...

DATE: Jan. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

The art of seeing: A chat with local artist Jerry Cohoe about the creative process

Cortez artist Jerry Cohoe has created a name for himself in the art world by capturing the mood of the Southwest and vibrancy of the Navajo culture with the simplest of art mediums: pencil. His...

DATE: Jan. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

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