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Rhythm and Soul festival planned in Mancos

After organizers pulled out of a plan to host the event southwest of Mancos on Road G, the Rhythm and Soul Festival will take place in Cottonwood Park from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, organizer Karen...

DATE: June 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rodeo chuck wagon opens for business

Festivities for the 69th Annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo got going on Wednesday. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday with a chuck wagon barbecue at 6 p.m. at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds....

DATE: June 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez kids learn the ropes at library's Rodeo Day

More than 70 children and parents visited the Cortez Public Library on Wednesday to learn how to become cowpokes.It was the second Rodeo Day at the library hosted by the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo...

DATE: June 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Items stolen from retired Cortez high school

Nearly $5,000 worth of tools was stolen from a demolition crew at the retired Montezuma-Cortez High School on Seventh Street on June 2, according to the Cortez Police Department. A project manager...

DATE: June 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Longtime Cortez teacher Ray Harriman dies after crash

Montezuma-Cortez High School social studies teacher Ray Harriman likely suffered heart failure that led to a car crash near the intersection of Fourth Street and Merritt Way in Dolores about 5:15...

DATE: June 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

County, BLM discuss public access south of Summit Lake

The Tres Rios office of the Bureau of Land Management and Montezuma County are working to clarify access issues to 1,200 acres of public lands south of Summit Lake. The land is hemmed in by...

DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

13 ticketed for trespassing in closed wildlife areas

The number of violations for people illegally entering closed wildlife areas was down in the past year, but so too were the number of law enforcement officers and, consequently, patrols to find...

DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Supreme Court ruling requires developer’s consent on HOA rule changes

DENVER – Another step was taken in resolving construction defects litigation in Colorado, but there’s dispute over whether that step was forward or backward. At issue is a Monday ruling by the...

DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Forest proposes prescribed burn plan

The Dolores District of the San Juan National Forest is proposing a robust plan for prescribed fires to reduce overgrown forests brought on by a century of ill-advised fire-suppression management....

DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos schools finalize $4.3 million budget

Mancos School District board members unanimously approved a $4.3 million budget for the 2017-2018 school year at a special meeting May 31. “The budget is balanced,” Superintendent Brian Hanson...

DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Great Old Broads start Montezuma County chapter

The environmental activist group Great Old Broads for Wilderness has started a new chapter in Montezuma County. The national organization, based in Durango, has 36 chapters – mostly in the Western...

DATE: June 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Rolling coal’ bill becomes law

DENVER – A Senate bill is now in effect to prevent drivers from knowingly blowing exhaust smoke to obscure the vision of other drivers, cyclists or pedestrians. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed...

DATE: June 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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