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

Red Cross to install free smoke alarms in Cortez

Group aims to put in 100 to 150 devices

Cortez residents hit the streets to clean up town

Volunteers collect trash – even a gun – as Cleanup Week begins

Permit approved for online Goal Academy school

Goal Academy to continue operations as usual at larger facility

Lieutenant governor visits Towaoc

Primavera on health tour in Southwest Colorado ahead of commencement address

Lotsa Pasta and That’za Pizza reopening downtown

Restaurant taking over site of Jimmer’s Backcountry BBQ

Mancos Spring Hoedown draws hundreds to historic Opera House

Annual event supporting School to Farm takes over opera house

Marc Berger ‘American roots’ music to Mancos brewery

American roots musician performing in Mancos

Mancos Common Press restoration almost finished

Historical newspaper building to be used for education, small-scale printing

Dolores Elementary’s pop tab collection drive sets pace on Western Slope

Students collect 420 pounds for Ronald McDonald House, highest on Western Slope

Pinwheels to prevent child abuse

Cortez elementary schools partner with nonprofit, teach students body safety

Pueblo Community College purchases synthetic cadaver

Cadaver built to withstand multiple dissections

Montezuma-Cortez looks to stop STAR testing

Board also examines budget, stadium