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Email: mshinn@durangoherald.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6037

Flooring company lays down growth

Many miles from any hardwood forest, a milling company in Cortez is on track to sell more flooring this year than ever before. Muscanell Millworks, along with many hardwood flooring companies, was...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Don’t look back

Two former SmartStyle employees who left the salon inside Walmart to open their own Cortez location in April have seen such success that they wish they’d left sooner. “It was a hallelujah, best...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Gallery show examines water

Light turns the ocean into liquid gold in local photographer Barbara Grist's latest show, called "Fluidity," which will be featured at Olio in Mancos and at the Elinoff Gallery in Telluride. The...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Planned Family Dollar location raises questions

Family Dollar developers have to answer many questions about their plans for a new location on the corner of Willow and Menefee streets, facing U.S. 160 after a town Design Review Board meeting on...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

TCAP tests show strength in reading

The results of the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program tests released in August showed Mancos students' rates of success are meeting or exceeding the rates of their peers across the state...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Seney leaves legacy of town work

When Bob Seney leaves Mancos at the end of August, he'll leave behind a seat in many town organizations. As vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, president and a founding member of the Mancos...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

'The best darn little community in the whole world'

Mancos resident Barbara Welch lost her leg almost a year ago after she was pinned between her running vehicle and a cattle gate for more than six hours. Looking back on the year she spent...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Mancos preschool expands for the new school year

The Mancos Early Learning Center opened a new classroom and started an extended care program for the new school year. The center's Director Pearlie Mae Chadwick said that additional funding from...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Renovations to Grace’s Kitchen completed

Parishioners and members of the community gathered in the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Thursday night to celebrate the completion of a major renovation project to the hall that houses Grace’s...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos school board member faces recall

Recall leader Margie Russell called on Beverly Humiston-Scott to resign, and a resident asked about a restraining order between president Monty Guiles and board member Humiston-Scott at a school...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Community groups step up to help local students excel

As students headed back to school this week, other organizations in town geared up with activities that show that learning doesn’t have to stop or start with a school bell. From school-readiness...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Bridge Emergency Shelter expanding services

Last season, 23 people who stayed at the Bridge Emergency Shelter held either part-time or full-time jobs. To Bridge Director Laurie Knutson, this indicative of how the homelessness is changing....

DATE: Aug. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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