The Mancos School of the West is taking a literary turn in a few weeks, with a fiction-writing workshop led by author Lisa C. Taylor. Taylor uses characters to drive her writing, hence the class...

The Mancos Town Board of Trustees recently approved a Capital Improvement Plan to guide departments through 2025. The five-year plan is intended to help anchor various divisions in multi-year goals...

A crew Sunday night blasted one of two boulders that shut down Colorado Highway 145 north of Dolores since Friday, and built a temporary road to allow traffic through. Trucks hauled way the rubble...

Despite some last-minute weather obstacles, Dolores High School’s 100th graduating class celebrated commencement at a Saturday morning ceremony. Graduation was scheduled for the high school’s main...

On a sunny Friday morning, over 100 Montezuma-Cortez High School seniors celebrated a new chapter in their life at this year’s commencement ceremony. It was sunflowers galore at this year’s...

The cost of renting a two- or three-bedroom unit in Cortez has dropped noticeably in the past four years, according to a housing report released this month. The drop contrasts sharply with rental...

The Montezuma-Cortez school board will put a mill levy override on the November ballot, which board members say will help increase teacher salaries. Specifically, the school district is looking to...

The Mancos school board approved a series of personnel items at its regular meeting Monday night including nonrenewal of a contract for a middle school science teacher. The teacher, Kristina...

The Dolores school board recently approved salary increases for all certified and classified staff members. The move includes increases in certified and classified salary tables, and will be paid...

Pueblo Community College Southwest kicked off the local graduation season on May 11 by awarding 123 degrees and certificates in a ceremony at Montezuma-Cortez High School. The college’s president,...

Artisans of Mancos celebrated the start of Mancos Grand Summer Nights with a reception for two new artists joining the cooperative. Alex Bond is a blacksmith and wood turner who uses nature as...