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Mancos Elementary School teacher Amanda Zufelt discusses Earth Day with her second-grade students.

Associated article: Local schools getting millions in aid. Here’s how ...

Mancos Elementary School teacher Amanda Zufelt discusses Earth Day with her second-grade students.

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Local schools getting millions in aid. Here’s how they’ll spend it

Mancos Elementary School teacher Amanda Zufelt discusses Earth Day with her second-grade students.

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Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 will receive nearly $10 million in federal aid aimed at addressing learning loss and keeping schools open.

Associated article: Local schools getting millions in aid. Here’s how ...

Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 will receive nearly $10 million in federal aid aimed at addressing learning loss and keeping schools open.

Courtesy of Dawn Robertson

Local schools getting millions in aid. Here’s how they’ll spend it

Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 will receive nearly $10 million in federal aid aimed at addressing learning loss and keeping schools open.

Courtesy of Dawn Robertson

Rail car restoration

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Galloping Goose Historical Society members from left, Chris Pranskatis, Ben Deason, Joe Becker and Bill Wolf work on Friday taking a door off of a stock railcar that was built in 1903 to transport livestock. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing the car and four other types of of narrow-gauge railcars to put on display in Dolores. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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A railcar that the Galloping Goose Historical Society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on the local narrow-gauge. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Galloping Goose Historical Society member, Chris Pranskatis, works on taking off a door on Friday of a stock railcar in Dolores that was built in 1903 to transport livestock. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing the car and four other types of of narrow-gauge railcars to put on display in Dolores. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Galloping Goose Historical Society members from left, Ben Deason, Bill Wolf Chris Pranskatis and Joe Becker work on Friday taking a door off of a stock railcar that was built in 1903 to transport livestock. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing the car and four other types of of narrow-gauge railcars to put on display in Dolores. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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A railcar that dumps its load from the bottom is a car that the Galloping Goose Historical Society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on the local narrow-gauge. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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At some point someone carved the Tommy Boy Mine into a beam in a box car that the Galloping Goose Historical Society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on the local narrow-gauge. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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At some point someone wrote their name in a box car that the Galloping Goose Historical Society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on the local narrow-gauge. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Bill Wolf, with the Galloping Goose Historical Society, describes how wooden panels could slide down for air circulation on one of the box cars that the society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on local narrow-gauge tracks. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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One of two box cars that the Galloping Goose Historical Society is fixing up in Dolores. The historical society is in the process of stabilizing five cars that ran on local narrow-gauge tracks. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald