Erika Alvero
Position: Special to The Journal
Phone Number: (970), 564-6029

M-CMS hopes for new playground

Students, school and city applying for GOCO grant

‘The Blacksmith’ will play at Mancos Opera House

Tickets are available for an opera coming to the Mancos Opera House in May. “The Blacksmith,” a two-act French comic opera that is being updated to Mancos in the late 19th century...

Over 200 attend forum to air differences about land use code

Backlash sparks organized meetings

Suspect in Mancos homicide pleads not guilty

Two-week trial set for June

Cortez City Council has five open seats in April election

Election on April 7; nominating petitions due Jan. 27

Annual Cowbelles quilt hanging downtown

Raffle tickets available for purchase; drawing will be Feb. 8

Millwood Junction in Mancos will be sold again

New owners shut restaurant down a few months after purchase

Wandering Off: Poetry and photography partnered

Mancos High School graduate publishes second poetry book; friend adds photos

New Pleasant View fire station complete

Upgraded site – designed to last 50 years – has more room, training space

Two meetings planned to discuss Cortez land use code

Opponents worried about property rights, development costs

Cortez City Council supports Colorado Water Plan

But resolution in favor of oil and gas regulations fails

Mesa Verde National Park looking for dark sky designation

Group says light pollution is costly, harmful to human and animal health