Education

DENVER – The annual decision on how much state funding school districts will get for each pupil is eagerly awaited as they prepare their budgets. But this year, an amendment to the School Finance...

More Montezuma County children are affected by poverty on average, and more are born into high-risk situations than the state as a whole, according to a new report from the Colorado Children’s...

On Tuesday, the Cortez City Council approved a conditional use permit that would allow Children’s Kiva Montessori School to move to Empire Street, even though the school doesn’t yet own the...

DENVER – An attempt to institute an education voucher-like program was struck down Monday by Democrats in the state Legislature. Senate Bill 35, which would have provided tax credits for children...

Is there a good place for a hot asphalt plant? The plants emit black smoke and stink of oil, but they’re needed to pave area roads, which the public demands. The hot-button issue came to the...

The Cortez City Council will meet Tuesday night to discuss a conditional use permit for Children’s Kiva Montessori School, state grants for the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Advisory Board and...

Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school district board members put proposed new high school graduation guidelines through the gauntlet at their meeting Tuesday. The Colorado State Board of Education approved...

Montezuma Land Conservancy has acquired an 80-acre farm northwest of Cortez that the group hopes can become a community resource, MLC Outreach and Education Coordinator Jay Loschert said April 12....

As Fort Lewis College anticipates an enrollment decrease again next year, staff and faculty are intensifying recruiting efforts to turn the slide around. “A large part is our gradual move to 2019...

Students from Southwest Open School brought their artwork to the Cortez Cultural Center on Thursday for an exhibit that will be on display through April. The school’s annual Spring Art Show is...