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Kwiyagat Community Academy prepares to launch in Towaoc

Progress continues on a Ute Mountain Ute charter school that will open in Towaoc this year. The Kwiyagat Community Academy will provide kindergarten and first grade instruction for 30 students...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

County clerk recommends McDaniel recall ballots be dropped off

Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder Kim Percell recommended Thursday that those still seeking to vote in the Lance McDaniel recall election drop their ballots at the 24-hour drop box at the clerk’s...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

City’s new finance director focuses on expediting audits

Cortez’s new finance director and Lewis native Kelly Koskie is glad to be back in town and hopes to hit the ground running in the effort to improve the city’s financial footing. Koskie attended...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Defendant pleads guilty in Main Street speed contest

One of two teenagers charged with engaging in a speed contest and reckless driving that caused a three-car crash on Main Street in Cortez Sept. 14 has pleaded guilty. In exchange for a guilty...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

City plans public hearing on right to provide internet

Cortez City Council moved another step closer Tuesday night to approving a ballot measure that would give the city the option to provide its own internet, telecommunications and cable services to...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public comment sought on Dolores timber project

The San Juan National Forest is seeking public comment on a plan to harvest timber north of Dolores. The Salter Vegetation Management Project proposes a combination of actions that includes logging...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coloradans age 65 and up now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine

As of Monday, Coloradans age 65 and older, along with educators, child care workers and a small number of state government officials are eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. People who fall...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chronic wasting disease found in Colorado’s Four Corners

For the first time, chronic wasting disease in deer has been found in the Four Corners area after testing was done during the 2020 hunting season, reports the Colorado Department of Parks and...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores sees first applicant for marijuana store

The marijuana gold rush anticipated after Dolores voters approved the business has not sparked up as expected. Just one applicant filed by the initial Feb. 5 deadline to start a retail marijuana...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Department of Labor warns of Facebook scam

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment warned on social media Monday of a fraudulent Facebook account impersonating the agency and asking Coloradans for personal information. The account...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez teen headed to Hollywood for blind audition on ‘The Voice’

Montezuma-Cortez High School sophomore Hannah Fish will be headed to Hollywood to sing in a blind audition on NBC’s “The Voice.” Fish, a 16-year-old Cortez native, made it through three rounds of...

DATE: Feb. 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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