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M-CHS Symphonic Winds to perform with Southwest Civic Winds

The Montezuma-Cortez High School Symphonic Winds will perform a combined concert with the Southwest Civic Winds on Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. at the Ralph E. Vavak Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for...

DATE: Jan. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos man pleads guilty to hydroplaning, killing two

A Mancos man pleaded guilty Friday to vehicular homicide after hydroplaning into oncoming traffic on U.S. Highway 160 in July, hitting a vehicle with a family of four and killing two. Anthony...

DATE: Jan. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kevin Wade Folsom charged with first-degree murder

Multiple criminal charges were filed Thursday against Kevin Wade Folsom in the shooting death of James Box Jr., whose body was found in the San Juan National Forest east of Dolores. In Montezuma...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter weather advisory issued for this weekend

Up to 16 inches of snow is possible this weekend in the high country of Southwest Colorado, according the National Weather Service. A cold front will likely lead to more accumulation of snow, said...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores district votes to officially combine middle and high schools

The Dolores Re-4A School District voted Jan. 11 to officially consolidate the Dolores Middle School and Dolores High School into a Dolores Secondary School. The Colorado Department of Education...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Re-1 school board renews Kiva charter, gets demolition update

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School board on Tuesday learned that the first phase of the retired high school’s demolition and asbestos abatement was complete, and it approved the renewal of the...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

CMS to restructure in 2018-2019 school year

At Tuesday night’s Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District Board meeting, Kate Ott, principal of Cortez Middle School, presented a redesign of the instruction delivery system of the school. According...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Melt and other events to heat up town in spring

The ninth annual Mancos Melt will have a more artistic spin, according to organizers from the Creative District. Every March, Mancos celebrates the beginning of spring with the Melt, a townwide...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Orphaned’ oil and gas wells are on the rise

In March 2015, Joe MacLaren, a state oil and gas inspector in Colorado, drove out to the Taylor 3 oil well near the town of Hesperus. He found an entire checklist of violations. Atom Petroleum, a...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

10-year-old boy killed in crash involving school bus near Durango

A 10-year-old boy was killed in a traffic crash Wednesday south of Durango that involved four vehicles, including a Durango School District 9-R bus, said Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three face charges after Main Street drug bust in Cortez

Three Arizona residents have been charged with drug-related offenses after Montezuma County deputies pulled over a car loaded with weapons and meth on Main Street in Cortez. Deputies arrested Gary...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Power to Polls march scheduled for Saturday in Cortez

Montezuma Alliance for Unity will host a rally and march Saturday to raise awareness of women’s rights and the importance of voting. The rally begins at 10 a.m. with speeches at the flag pole area...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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