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Despite shutdown, TSA agents in Durango show up for work

Despite the partial government shutdown entering its 34th day, and federal workers about to miss their second paycheck, Transportation Security Administration agents at the Durango-La Plata County...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mercy Regional Medical Center eliminates management positions

Mercy Regional Medical Center is one of several hospitals in the Centura Health network to eliminate positions in recent months. Mercy eliminated less than half of 1 percent of its more than 1,300...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

FBI assists in Cortez arrest of Kansas man on kidnapping charges

With assistance from the Topeka Police Department and an FBI special agent, Cortez Police Department on Thursday night arrested a Kansas man on charges of harboring a minor and second-degree...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Habitat for Humanity seeking family for affordable home

A monthlong application period is now open for the annual Habitat for Humanity of Montezuma County homeownership program. Molly Greenlee, executive director of the local Habitat group, provided an...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Court orders Pueblo mental health facility to explain delay

Since McKale Dick was booked into Montezuma County Detention Center on April 17, 2018, he has allegedly assaulted detention officers on two occasions and jumped off the railing at the county jail,...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Food cooperative moves into new home in Cortez

The Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative has a new permanent home in Cortez, allowing it to expand its programming. The Mancos-based food cooperative is no longer solely operating out of a small...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man faces DUI charge three weeks after car chase

A Towaoc man was arrested for a fifth DUI case on Jan. 16, less than three weeks after he was arrested on suspicion of driving intoxicated during a car chase in Cortez. Daniel S. Lehi, 38, appeared...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Missing Kansas girl found safe in Cortez

A 14-year-old Kansas girl is in protective custody in Cortez Friday morning after she was reported missing Tuesday from her home in Topeka. Cortez police arrested a man named Michael Fitzgerald on...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Doctors plan medical outreach to advise homeless residents

Susan Ristow, a retired doctor, was waiting for a medical appointment two years ago when she noticed a woman in pain having trouble filling out paperwork in the lobby of a health care center....

DATE: Jan. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Support groups reach out to youths after two suicides

The recent suicides of two middle school students over the weekend have spurred conversation in Montezuma-Cortez schools and in the larger community about suicide prevention and youth mental...

DATE: Jan. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Panthers face Monte Vista, Pagosa Springs in pivotal weekend

After amassing a glowing 8-0 record during nonconference play, the Montezuma Cortez High School boys basketball team has sputtered to a 2-2 start in Intermountain League play. The talented Panthers...

DATE: Jan. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Schools, communities respond to Towaoc teenagers’ deaths

Two Montezuma-Cortez Middle School students died by suicide this weekend, and two high school students attempted suicide in the past week, shaking the neighboring communities of Towaoc and Cortez....

DATE: Jan. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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