Bailey Duran
Position: Special to The Journal

Brett Aprahamian’s preliminary hearing moved to Dec. 14

Aprahamian face preliminary hearings on Dec. 14 and sentencing on Dec. 21

Local Catholic Daughters to hold Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 9

Event will have multiple vendors selling arts, crafts and other items

Montezuma-Cortez school district discusses data about Indigenous students

New focus and next steps are proposed in effort to improve education

Dolores County school district celebrates math scores and Rico detachment at November meeting

Superintendent Ty Gray also give an update on the new master library

CollegeInvest First Step Program helps families save for children’s college in Colorado

First Step has provided more than $1 million to Colorado Families Saving for their children's education

Police seize shotgun from man near Kemper Elementary

A concerned citizen called police after seeing the man’s proximity to the school

Southwest Open School prepares new building, seeks more board members

SWOS also reports an attendance rate of over 90%

New Mancos board members assigned to roles in November board meeting

The Board assigned roles and responsibilities on Monday

Mancos School District to host Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday

Many of the homemade food items were grown in the school’s garden and prepared by culinary students

Man arrested in Cortez on nine warrants after allegedly fleeing officer

Lexton was arrested on warrants for multiple offenses

Former Deputy DA Jeremy Reed hopes to become 22nd Judicial District’s new DA

Reed was dismissed from the DA’s office on Nov. 2 after informing DA Christian Hatfield of his intention to run

John Muir sentenced to six years in prison in Montezuma County drug case

Muir has been found in possession of fentanyl