Bailey Duran
Position: Special to The Journal

Mancos Summer Hub in full swing as all-day care for local children

The program was started by Mancos United and members of the community

Prescribed burn begins at Boggy Draw north of Dolores

Smoke seen for miles as 1,400 acres are ignited

Cortez school board discusses new policies and BOCES; hears from Moreland

Cortez school board meeting lasts nearly five hours

Cortez teenager pleads guilty to stabbing mother to death in 2022

Teen’s lawyers attempt a plea agreement; family pushes back

Annual Cortez Celtic Fair to take place June 24 at Parque de Vida

The fair is free to the public and offers multiple activities, demonstrations and vendors

Rollover on South Broadway leads to possible discovery of meth, fentanyl

Driver was flown out of Southwest Memorial Hospital for her injuries

Montezuma-Cortez survey shows low morale of staff and students amid change

Staff, students and residents voice concerns as issues pile up in school district

Dolores school board discusses adding track and field, OKs preliminary budget

Board has been discussing adding a track

Large Cortez crowd meets with hospital board; some demand management company be fired

Meeting was called after hospital announced plan to close birth center

Doctors address Montezuma board about care at Southwest Memorial Hospital

Doctors alarmed by move to close birthing center, board’s and management company’s decisions

Local author Curt Melliger to host book readings in Cortez and Dolores

His books were published in 2018 and 2021

Southwest Memorial Hospital announces layoffs to help keep birthing center open

Layoffs follow backlash that surrounded plan to close birthing center