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The 2018-19 school year is off to a good start despite construction projects throughout the campus, elementary and secondary principals told the Mancos school board Monday. Dean of Students Heath...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Open Class Goat Show, Aug. 1 Class 1, Does, 6 months to 1 year: Isabella Wright, blue Class 2, Market Breeding Does, 6 months to 1 year: Aaden Robinson, blue; Catharine Busing, red Class 3,...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis of fire and weather...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Plans for prescribed burns – intentionally set fires on the landscape aimed at reducing the risk of larger, more devastating wildfires – have been temporarily put on hold this fall as wildfires...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The U.S. Department of the Interior has backed away from its proposal to sell off about 1,600 acres of public land in Utah that once was part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The...
DATE: Aug. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The long-vacant old Walmart building in Cortez Plaza is slated to become the new home of the Rock Springs Church. Plaza owner Tom Maley and church leaders were given preliminary approval for the...
DATE: Aug. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Eli Tomac of Cortez won the Budds Creek National on Saturday after a strong comeback in the first motocross race and a fast finish in the second. Entering Mechanicsville, Maryland, with a 15-point...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
The Bull Draw Fire northwest of Nucla grew to 28,390 acres by Saturday morning. The fire was 21 percent contained, and more than 300 personnel worked on the fire, according to the Minnesota...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
FORT COLLINS – Colorado’s only statewide general-interest magazine can’t seem to get enough of Cortez and Montezuma County. Half of Colorado Life magazine’s 2018 issues have featured or will...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business
The Montezuma County Department of Social Services has a new director. Gina Montoya came on board in July and has an extensive background in human services in the state. For 10 years, she was a...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Plateau Fire reached 19,554 acres this week – up 3,254 acres since Aug. 12 – as green areas inside the containment area burned. The fire’s containment also increased, reaching 95 percent, up...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
WASHINGTON – As wildfires choke California and other Western states, the Trump administration pledged this week to work more closely with state and local officials to prevent wildfires from ever...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News