Bailey Duran
Position: Special to The Journal

Eli Tomac works on recovery; Chase Sexton becomes Supercross champion-elect

Injury will keep Tomac out of upcoming Motocross season

Mancos Elementary’s intervention program helps make learning math fun

Teacher Toi Smith works with students struggling as well as gifted math students

League of Women Voters to host school board forum on May 11

The forum will teach attendees how to run for their local school boards

Two local Chang Chavkin scholars gear up for college

Talon Johnson will pursue a degree in aerospace engineering, while Izabella Balfour is working toward nursing school

Cortez Middle School honored with NAMM Foundation award for music program

The school has received this award three times in four years

BLM to welcome Derek Padilla as new field manager in Colorado on May 8

Padilla has been working as a district ranger in Dolores for 11 years

Armed Cortez man arrested for DUI; multiple firearms found in vehicle

Police believe they interrupted what could have become a domestic incident

Montezuma-Cortez school board discusses teacher salaries at April meeting

Board also hears from education lawyer Brad Miller

Fifth-grade Dolores Bear Archers prepare for nationals

The Bears will compete at nationals April 28 after winning state

Target Rentals sponsors Montezuma 4-H with excavator rental donations

Sponsorship will take place over the next three years

Lewis-Arriola Elementary faces mixed reaction after adding handgun to silent auction

The 9 mm handgun is part of school’s annual fundraiser

Dolores school board meeting becomes heated as parents talk about Boebert visit

Parents criticize superintendent, others for allowing representative to speak