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Email: ealvero@the-journal.com

Phone Number: (970) 564-6029

Cortez celebrates Women’s History Month

The city of Cortez is joining in on what has become a national tradition by proclaiming March as Women’s History Month. The proclamation was signed at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting after a...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos students explore social justice through art

Mancos High School students are calling attention to social justice in an upcoming exhibit at the end of the month. It’s part of the Mancos Creative District’s #weallbelong project, which aims to...

DATE: Feb. 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos students showcase museum exhibit

The Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum has a snazzy new multimedia exhibit – the joint handiwork of Mancos middle and high school students. As part of the project-based learning push...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos school construction in final phase

The campus-wide renovation project for the Mancos School District Re-6 is in its final stretch, with the bulk of the work remaining at the Performance Center. After almost two years of...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cowbelle, Stockman of the Year awarded at annual dinner

After a steaming dinner of steak and baked potatoes at the Cortez Elks Lodge on Saturday night, the Cowbelle and Stockman of the year were named by the Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Development plan for Calkins Commons moves forward

An affordable housing project at the old Calkins Building is moving forward, now that it’s been approved to receive state funding. The Housing Authority of the County of Montezuma plans to turn the...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Graduation rates increase throughout Montezuma County

The Colorado Department of Education recently released graduation and dropout data from the 2018-19 school year, and rates exceeded the state average at Montezuma-Cortez High School and in the...

DATE: Feb. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Census time: Local officials seek accurate count

A once-in-a-decade event will soon be upon us: the Census. It’s a proceeding that has been ingrained in the U.S. democratic process for more than 200 years, and one that determines funding...

DATE: Feb. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New member joins Mancos Town Board

Mancos will soon have a new face on its Town Board. Janice Bryan is set to join the board this spring. Although there were four open seats this election season, only four people submitted petitions...

DATE: Feb. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez City Council race underway

The race for Cortez City Council is gearing up, and this spring, voters will have 14 candidates to choose from. Nominating petitions have been circulated and turned in, and on Monday evening,...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos might cancel April municipal election

The town of Mancos will likely cancel its municipal election this spring, because the same number of petitions for seats on the ballot as vacancies on the Board of Trustees were submitted. The...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorful desert landscapes at Olio

You might call Kit Frost and Annie Blumenschine adventuring artists. Or perhaps desert painters. The two Mancos women spend many a day traveling to the nearby canyons and rocky valleys that grace...

DATE: Feb. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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