Ute Mountain Utes plan district education mentors

The Ute Mountain Ute Education Division plans to hire four new mentors, known as check and connect monitors, to work in the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District this semester. The tribe has...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Sheriff gets OK to buy 18 vehicles

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office has been approved to purchase 18 new vehicles with Law Enforcement Authority funds. Collected from property taxes, Law Enforcement Authority funds were...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Mesa Verde wants plan to manage invasive weeds

Over the past 25 years, more than 36,000 acres of old-growth forests have been destroyed by wildfires at Mesa Verde National Park. The result, an invasion of aggressive, nonnative plant species...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Cortez McDonald's closing to be rebuilt

The Cortez McDonald's is closing Feb. 18, and a new building will reopen at the same location on Main Street in early June. "We love the community and are glad we can be part everything going on,"...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Marines honor man from Cortez

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - A Cortez son, 22-year-old Pfc. Maurice Battle, has been honored as Marine of the Quarter. A food service specialist with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Battle...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Dolores boat builder keeps West's classic dory alive

An eclectic gang of river runners, Grand Canyon guides, and boating purists take refuge in Dolores during the winter off-season. The amicable group never strays too far from their coveted rivers,...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

4CornersTV up and running

4CornersTV made its debut on Monday, offering three daily shows of local video content on a website optimized for mobile users. The website, www.4CornersTV.com, is a project of Ballantine...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

BLM sets trend in research of ruins

The BLM is at the forefront of a new trend in archeological research that uses digital photography combined with a modern desktop computer. Called close-range photogrammetry, the technology uses...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Colorado opens door to new crop: industrial hemp

Colorado's Amendment 64 allows for the cultivation of industrial hemp, a strain of cannabis that is used to make clothing, paper, rope, fuels, even car parts, among other products. Hemp is...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Plan for districts to elect commissioners advances

DENVER - Against expectations, Sen. Ellen Roberts advanced her plan Monday to let rural counties elect their commissioners by district instead of at-large. The vote was a surprise success for a...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Dennis Spruell aims for 2nd term as sheriff

Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell has registered to seek a second four-year term. According to Colorado Secretary of State records, Spruell filed an affidavit to seek a second term last...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

State Briefs

Judge refuses to step aside for Cronk trial A defense motion to disqualify a district court judge from presiding over the public corruption trial of a former undersheriff has been denied - by the...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

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