Mancos

Mancos Elementary School students will be released a week early from school this May because of the large construction project underway. The early release on May 16 is intended to give teachers...

Tina Deschenie’s mother was always impeccably dressed. She was also tough as nails, able to drive an old pickup truck through “fierce road conditions” every day to work. And she is the subject of...

Mancos Secondary School has a new principal starting next year. John Marchino joins the Mancos team from Dolores School District RE-4A, where he was serving as athletic director. His selection was...

In preparation for summer festivities, the Mancos Town Board unanimously approved an ordinance this week allowing for alcohol consumption in public places. Staff said the ordinance was necessary...

The Mancos Spring Hoedown came back to town Saturday night after a year off. Hundreds of people showed up to the Mancos Opera House to line dance, listen to the Six Dollar String Band and...

Mancos high school students got decked out this past weekend for the annual prom event downtown. Themed “Masquerade,” the Mancos Community Center was glammed up too, with glittery masks, fondue and...

Marc Berger was in his early 20s when he fell in love with the West. It happened while he was on a road trip across the country with a friend. “And it became a lifetime obsession for me,” Berger...

The Mancos Common Press restoration is nearly complete, and its printing presses are readying their wheels for more regular use. The Common Press is a nonprofit dedicated to the restoration of the...

The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal for new motorized and nonmotorized trails in Montezuma, La Plata and Archuleta counties. In Montezuma...

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Mancos Public Library is hosting four Navajo poets for a reading this Saturday. The women call themselves the Four Corners Poets, and they include Esther...