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Montezuma-Cortez discusses school safety after Aztec shooting

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District’s safety team met Thursday at Cortez Middle School with parents, teachers and administrators to discuss its plans for a potential disaster. The district’s...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado, New Mexico lawmakers alter sex misconduct policies

DENVER – State lawmakers in Colorado and New Mexico have begun revisiting their sexual misconduct policies. It’s part of a wider effort by legislatures around the country to address questions about...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman creates Four Corners haven for Welsh ponies

Vickie Paxton talks about the ponies on her farm as if they were her children. Each one has an official name on the registry of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America, often long-winded ones...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Posada’ at Mancos church to honor Rosa Sabido, Jeanette Vizguerra

The Mancos United Methodist Church is planning an event to celebrate Christmas and honor immigrant Rosa Sabido’s 200th day in sanctuary. On Saturday, Dec. 23, the church will host a “posada,” a...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

BP fined $40,000 for 2016 spill into Sauls Creek

BP American Production Co. was fined $40,000 on Monday for a December 2016 spill near Bayfield that leaked coal-bed methane-produced water into Sauls Creek. The penalty was levied at the Colorado...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Town Board adopts $3.5 million budget

During its Wednesday meeting, the Mancos Town Board adopted a 2018 budget that includes more money going out than coming in. The $3.5 million budget includes decreased spending in several...

DATE: Dec. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Damaged school to be renovated in honor of shooting victims

AZTEC – The areas of a New Mexico high school damaged during a shooting rampage will be renovated and dedicated to the memory of two classmates who were killed. School District Superintendent Kirk...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez City Council honors long-term employees

During its meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council presented the annual anniversary awards for long-term city employees. Staff members received cash awards and jackets with the “city of Cortez”...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Carjacking suspect charged with multiple felonies

A Durango man accused of an armed carjacking last month at Fort Lewis College was charged Thursday in District Court with multiple felonies. Roger Chase Brassard, 25, is accused of second-degree...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ancestral Pueblo practices could save New Mexico pinelands

On a hot summer afternoon in 2011, a gust of wind blew an aspen into a power line in northern New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains. Electrical sparks ignited the Las Conchas Fire, which burned more than an...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez council appoints members of public arts advisory board

The Cortez City Council voted Tuesday to appoint the seven people who will sit on the new public art advisory committee. Sonja Horoshko, Heidi Brugger, Brandon Shubert, Aaron LeMay, Kirbi Vaughn,...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nonprofit hopes to plant community garden in Cortez

The Cortez City Council voted Tuesday to express its support for a nonprofit that wants to build a community grow space in town. Needful Provision, Inc., a nonprofit based in Dolores, is applying...

DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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