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Cortez City Council supports Colorado Water Plan

The city of Cortez has approved a resolution supporting the Colorado Water Plan – a grassroots effort to meet the growing need for water across the state. Back in 2013, former Gov. John...

DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public hearing on San Juan Generating Station scheduled

FARMINGTON – Four Corners community members wishing to weigh-in on the future of the San Juan Generating Station will have an opportunity to provide public comment Monday. Theresa Becenti-Aguilar,...

DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Three regional hospitals welcome in first babies of 2020

Three regional hospitals – Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez and San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington – welcomed in the first-born babies of...

DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Tipton challenger: Incumbent too media shy

Lauren Boebert, the pistol-packing owner of Shooters Grill in Rifle, is moving full-speed ahead with her primary challenge to unseat U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez – unperturbed by President...

DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man who died in crash south of Cortez identified

The Colorado State Patrol has identified the man who died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S Highway 160/491 as Ernest R. Begay, 69, of Kayenta, Arizona. The head-on crash occurred Dec. 31 at mile...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sayler Roy Perales is Cortez’s first 2020 baby

Welcome to the world Sayler Roy Perales, the first baby born in 2020 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. Zhjade Perales, of Cortez, gave birth to Sayler at 5:16 a.m. New Year’s Day as a soft...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan College hopes to spark entrepreneurship with Makerspace

FARMINGTON – The laser rapidly cuts the outline of a watchband into the leather, quickly followed by a series of circles. In the video, the machine makes quick work out of a series of bands, like a...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Farmington library program teaches girls computer coding

FARMINGTON – With a few emojis of “code,” a little robot hops, spins and finishes with a little giggle. Designed for preschoolers, Coji the coding robot teaches the basics of piecing together...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Mesa Verde National Park looking for dark sky designation

Mesa Verde National Park may become an International Dark Sky Park in the coming year. The Mesa Verde Museum Association has been working on its application to receive the designation since 2015,...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Barn lost in fire north of Cortez

A New Year’s Eve fire north of Cortez claimed the barn of Lisa and Darrell Buchanan, but their 30 chickens and their horse, Pops, are safe thanks to passersby who opened a gate for the mare and...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two-vehicle crash kills one, injures another south of Cortez

A two-vehicle crash killed one man Tuesday south of Cortez on U.S. 160/491, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred just before 1 p.m. and involved a white Ram...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County passes $51.4 million budget for 2020

The Montezuma County budget jumped for 2020, with additional expenditures going toward paving roads, infrastructure projects and law enforcement. On Dec. 17 county commissioners approved a $51.3...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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