District pursuing clean energy

After years entangled in red tape, Jackson Gulch Reservoir passed the first major hurdle to installing a second hydropowered generator in its canals and is working on a plan to move forward. In...

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

Town trustees weigh pot tax

Town trustees on Wednesday considered a putting a measure on the ballot that would allow them to tax marijuana up to 10 percent. If the ballot measure is passed in April, the tax would take effect...

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

Mobile learning lab rolls into action

A new mobile learning lab rolled into Western Excelsior for the first time this week. By providing more training in electronic programing and circuitry, the company hopes to encourage employees to...

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

Plans for Lower Dolores River draw criticism

Federal and state protection measures for the Lower Dolores River were sharply criticized by local officials Thursday during a regional water meeting in Cortez. But public land agencies and the...

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

Obamacare may cut hospital's debt

As more people in Montezuma County sign up for insurance under the new federal health care law, Southwest Memorial Hospital may take on far less bad debt. Southwest Health System said patients were...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

At state Capitol, 2014 is looking a lot like 2013

DENVER - If Republicans get their way, Colorado's 2014 legislative session, which starts Wednesday, will be like be like The Hangover Part 2 - not so much a sequel as a frame-by-frame remake....

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Local farmers convene for discussion about hemp

About 20 area farmers convened over the weekend to discuss the viability of producing industrial hemp in Southwest Colorado. After the hour-and-a-half long open discussion on Sunday, Jan. 5,...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Times begins 2014 with new direction

The Cortez Journal enters the new year with new staff and new direction. Ballantine Communications has named Trent Stephens managing editor of the Cortez Journal, Mancos Times and Dolores Star. He...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Come Back to My Valley Cold harkens some events of 1894

Oh, the weather outside was frightful, but Mancos history could be delightful. till, by the time they trudged through the snow and hitched them to a buggy or wagon to ride into Mancos for some...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

500 attend benefit for Vickie Wallace

Desserts, art, knit goods and people lined the walls at the benefit for Vicki Wallace, who is battling metastatic colon cancer. About 500 people attended the event at the Lewis-Arriola Community...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Mancos Public library will continue free movies

The Mancos Public Library will continue to offer free movies every Monday at 4 p.m. On Jan. 6, the library will show Turbo, about a racing snail, which runs 90 minutes. On Jan. 13, it will show...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Ballantine buys Pine River Times

Ballantine Communications Inc., the parent company of The Mancos Times, completed the purchase of the Pine River Times from Melanie and Robert Mazur on Monday. Bayfield's weekly newspaper becomes...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

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