Blue Jays football opens against 10-1 Norwood

Preseason scrimmages are over for the Mancos Blue Jays football team. While some area schools are set to play an exhibition-type scrimmage during what is deemed "zero-week" for the 2015 season, the...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Sports

What's ahead for Mancos sports

Football Thursday, August 27 at Norwood at 7 p.m. Cross Country Friday, Aug. 28 atCheyenne Mountain Stampede (Pre-State) in Colorado Springs at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 at Loyd's Lake Classic...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Sports

Mancos cross-country teams return all varsity runners

There's only one way the Mancos boys cross-country team can top last year's second place state finish. And with all of last year's varsity runners returning, the Blue Jays are ambitious. "I think...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Sports

Steps to Success

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Los Pinos donates ambulance to SCCC

Southwest Colorado Community College's emergency medical services coordinator, Troy Salazar, was handed the keys to an ambulance on Wednesday, Aug. 19, that will be used to help train students as...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Education

National Resource plans more public input, meetings

The local Natural Resource Conservation Service office is urging more participation in its programs and plans and is bringing back regular work-group meetings to improve outreach.The statewide...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Community Calendar

Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include "Community Calendar" in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world's media

Within 48 hours of the Gold King Mine spill, media from across the nation and around the world began converging on Durango to report about a river that turned orange. Michael Davis, an...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Young eagles are spreading their wings

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Clinton loses track of email controversy

Hillary Clinton gave an odd - and inaccurate - account of how the controversy over her emails as secretary of state mushroomed into a public spectacle. "If I had not asked for my emails all to be...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Are you ready for the Balloon Festival?

By Marie Chiarizia The 11th Annual Mancos Valley Balloon Festival and Street Fair, scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 through 4 p.m. Sunday, has announced its call for vendors. The annual...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Protecting bucks from town dogs

I keep forgetting to mention how nice the iron fencing looks at the Catholic Church. Dee Dee Coppinger gave me a letter and attachment from Kelly Summer. The letter says in part, "Clarence Thompson...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

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