Getting down to earth

Mancos third-graders spooned worms into a composter Monday as part of the Montezuma School to Farm Project. Drought conservation is the new focus of the School to Farm Project, after receiving a...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Creating chairs that rock

You won't find your grandmother's rocking chair among the sculpted bronze, bamboo and zebra wood chairs in Kevin DesPlanques' collection. But you will find a comfortable seat. "I get the ergonomics...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Mancos District school board approves deficit spending

The Mancos District Re-6 School Board approved a budget with $133,000 of deficit spending Monday after the state cut the district's funding by $150 per student. The cuts came in mid-December when...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Keck honored for economic work

The Region 9 board of directors named Joe Keck, the director of the Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center, the Economic Development Leader of the Year at a meeting in Mancos on Jan....

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

A January fire season?

Two brush fires, one intentionally set and one accidentally set by a youth, occurred over the weekend. At Highway 145 and CR P property owners were burning slash piles, and the fire got away from...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Sheriff: FBI seizes marijuana in Mancos

Law enforcement officials seized marijuana and child pornography in a raid last week in Mancos that involved personnel from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Cortez Police Department, Homeland...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Sharing history of civil rights in 1953

Gloria Thatch-Woody, a Mancos resident, shared civil-rights movement history and her personal experience with racial violence with several grades in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. ...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Preservationists begin work on Mancos Times press

Preservationists from the University of Pennsylvania began preliminary work inside The Mancos Times office on Grand Avenue in Mancos last week. Professor Frank Matero, who has been working at Mesa...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Once a Democrat, candidate looks to GOP

DENVER - In politics, there are long shots and dark horses. And then there's Jaime McMillan. The Durango businessman recently was a registered Democrat and ran as an unaffiliated candidate against...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Interim assessor sworn in

DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Realtor earns national recognition

Bill Stanley, of RE/MAX Mesa Verde-Mancos, has been awarded the accredited buyer's representation designation by the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Gas price spikes, but San Juan Basin waits

Natural-gas prices have surged in January as historically cold weather in the Northeast led to increased demand and reduced supply. However, the price spike may mean little for the San Juan Basin....

DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

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