March for Our Lives to be held in Cortez on Saturday

The student division of the Montezuma Alliance for Unity plans to join activists around the country on Saturday in holding a March for Our Lives demonstration. Montezuma County students, along with...

DATE: March 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

In Arizona, a push for school choice targets Latino voters

In April of 2017, school choice advocates across the country applauded a historic win when Arizona passed a law expanding Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. The accounts, which operate as a type of...

DATE: March 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Deadline for Dean Hanson scholarship is April 15

The Journal Applications are now being accepted for the Four Corners Board of Realtors Dean Hanson Memorial Scholarship. “This scholarship can be awarded to traditional and nontraditional students...

DATE: March 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

M-CHS to hold lockdown drill and on-site evacuation

In a letter to parents on March 16, Montezuma-Cortez High School Principal Dr. Jason Wayman, announced a school wide lockout drill and evacuation set for April 5. The on-site evacuation doesn’t...

DATE: March 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Applications open for FLC’s newest graduate degree

Applications for Fort Lewis College’s latest degree program, the master’s program in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education, opened Friday for fall 2018. “We feel that it’s our...

DATE: March 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local nurse recognized for boosting health of newborns

Local nurse Christa Zubieta has been honored with the Daisy Award for her work promoting women’s health in Montezuma County. Zubieta works in the Nurse Family Partnership program within the county...

DATE: March 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez students walk out to honor shooting victims, promote kindness

About 120 students from Montezuma-Cortez High School participated in a well-organized walkout Wednesday to honor those killed in recent school shootings in Florida and Aztec, New Mexico, and to...

DATE: March 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez library hosts Margaret Kirk’s presentation of ‘They Persisted’

The Cortez Public Library celebrates Women’s History Month by hosting local writer and scholar Margaret “Midge” Kirk, who will introduce her book “They Persisted,” a tome that honors women who made...

DATE: March 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores school board rejects a four-day school week

After months of discussion, the Dolores School District Re-4A board passed a five-day calendar, citing lack of evidence of school improvement. The motion to reject a four-day calendar passed...

DATE: March 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College public health program is growing fast

Fort Lewis College established the first public health undergraduate degree program in the state in 2010, and since then, it has exceeded expectations, growing faster than anticipated and breaking...

DATE: March 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Navajo president says he’ll OK emergency Head Start funding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye says he’ll approve funding to shore up the tribe’s Head Start program after a federal judge denied a request to block a funding cut from...

DATE: March 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suspect faces charges after ‘fabricated’ threat at Mancos schools

Three days after a report of a threat against Mancos schools led to lockout procedures and heightened security, a district employee has been cited for allegedly fabricating the report. According to...

DATE: Feb. 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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