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Mancos gym and school construction updates

Phase 2 in construction at Re-6 Mancos School District continued this week, with work on various facilities around the elementary school and gym additions. Phase 2, which is scheduled to be...

DATE: Oct. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Student videos explain ballot measures in nonpartisan way

American government students at Fort Lewis College have produced nonpartisan, informational videos to aid voters as they decide how to cast their vote on 11 of the 13 ballot measures they’ll face...

DATE: Oct. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores third-graders create, manage restaurant

Last week, Dolores elementary school students in third-grade classes taught by Angie Lowe, Meg Neeley and Melody McNeill served locally sourced meals to their parents and other community members,...

DATE: Oct. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Alternative high school gets new campus

A lesser known charter school in Cortez is gaining in popularity and has recently moved to a larger campus. Goal Academy High School, 2531 E. Main St., is an accredited multidistrict online charter...

DATE: Oct. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis, nonprofit aim to boost voter turnout

Voters younger than 30 are the least likely to participate in elections nationally, but a nonpartisan group is working hard to ensure young adults participate in the upcoming midterm election. The...

DATE: Oct. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Adult Education Center starts ESL and GED classes on Oct. 22

The Cortez Adult Education Center will start Session II English as a second language and GED and high school equivalency classes on Oct. 22. Class registration will be Tuesdays from 12-3 p.m. for...

DATE: Oct. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez High School notifies parents of Safe2Tell report

Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 received a report that a student might have been armed near the high school on Friday, but police and school administrators determined that students were not...

DATE: Oct. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s Safe2Tell program sees surge of suicide reports

DENVER – Colorado’s program for parents, students and teachers to report potential school threats or violence has seen a substantial increase in reports related to suicide, surpassing bullying as...

DATE: Oct. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

2017 survey suggests bullying problems for Mancos High School

The Mancos school board on Monday discussed the 2017 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey as school counselors expressed concern with the findings about marijuana use. Compared with the rest of the state,...

DATE: Oct. 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores school board recall fails; McCoy retains seat

Voters rejected an attempt to remove Dolores RE-4A school board member Vangi McCoy in Tuesday’s mail-in recall election. McCoy retained her seat on the board after 485 voted against her recall and...

DATE: Oct. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

PCC Southwest names Rubadeau interim executive dean

Pueblo Community College President Patty Erjavec announced Tuesday that Mary Rubadeau will be the interim executive dean for the college’s Southwest Campus in Mancos and its site at Durango High...

DATE: Oct. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day

Indigenous Peoples Day, which has been celebrated at Fort Lewis College in place of Columbus Day since 2016, included a Parade of Nations with some Native American students in traditional clothing...

DATE: Oct. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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