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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

Hickenlooper signs bill to free up Old Fort Lewis funds

Fort Lewis College will have greater access to funds generated by the Old Fort Lewis land near Hesperus after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill freeing up use of the money. Previously, law...

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

M-CHS plans walkout on anniversary of Florida school shootings

On the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students across the country plan walkouts on March 14 in tribute to the 17 people that...

DATE: March 13, 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

Discipline discussed at Dolores school board meeting

Board procedure broke down at the Dolores School Board meeting on March 8 as parents, students and residents spoke up during discussions about school discipline. Many of the 130 people in...

DATE: March 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

CMS students hold mock trial about genocide

Eighth-graders at Cortez Middle School held mock trials at Montezuma County Combined Court on March 8 and 12 to cap a study of genocide. The classes, led by eighth-grade language arts teachers...

DATE: March 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Group of Dolores students aims to improve school culture

When a group of Dolores high-schoolers saw major changes in their school culture, they decided to do something. Shortly after the shooting at Parkland, Florida, and a fight video from Dolores High...

DATE: March 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

DI team going to state finals

The Montezuma-Cortez Destination Imagination Team, named To Be Announced, placed second in the Fine Arts category and will travel to Denver to compete in the state finals on April 7. From left are...

DATE: March 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

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

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