Utes sue over fracking rule

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior on Thursday, challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s new hydraulic fracturing rule. The rule, which is set...

DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Making hay

Montezuma County farmers got some good news in late May when they were told to expect 21 inches of irrigation water per acre, thanks to El Niño-driven rains in late spring. Low winter snowpack had...

DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Forest cutting back on grazing

Local ranchers are feeling the impact of drought as the San Juan National Forest considers reducing their cattle herds on federal grazing allotments. The Bond family has been grazing cattle on the...

DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Push for good Samaritan law revived

There’s a push for U.S. legislation that would allow for more cleanup efforts at Silverton mines. But in order for the Animas River Stakeholders Group to start draining mines, they need good...

DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Former Cortez resident has show in Maryland Former Cortez resident artist Tom Kenyon continues his “Dreams of Speed” series with “Dreams of Speed … Supercharged!” Mr. Kenyon creates replica race...

DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Ska Brewing Company: pioneers of summer stout

A summer cream stout will be toasted on Sunday, the day the northern hemisphere marks the summer solstice. What? “There is no seasonal stout category,” confirmed Colorado Brewers Guild spokesperson...

DATE: June 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Ska Brewing Co. turns 20

Dave Thibodeau admits he wasn’t a model student in high school. He liked to party. So did his friend Bill Graham. And after Thibodeau, at age 17, stumbled across his dad’s “Brew Book,” the duo...

DATE: June 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

What do you need to get by?

How much money do you need in Colorado to survive without outside help? A new calculation of the cost of living shows it’s getting harder for families to meet their needs. On average, Coloradans...

DATE: June 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

What’s driving the boomlet?

From Thai Restaurants to pawn shops, and skateboard shops to hair salons, this spring has seen a flurry of new small businesses open in Cortez. The growth emerged a few months after state economic...

DATE: June 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Firm picked to rewrite Cortez Land Use Code

Originally written in 1978 and amended several times over the past few decades, the City of Cortez Land Use Code undergoing a makeover this year to make the code more user-friendly for businesses...

DATE: June 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

FSA county nominations begin this week

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees began on Monday, June 15, 2015. It is important for county...

DATE: June 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

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