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Local women earn scholarships

Sage Kramer from Cortez and Lea Wharton from Dove Creek have each won a $1,000 Local PEO Chapter EV Scholarship Award. Kramer will attend Colorado State, and Wharton will attend C...

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Gray wolf visits Grand Canyon

Migration likely from Idaho

DATE: Nov 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez photographer Wayne Keene to present artists-in-residence photos at Anasazi Heritage Center

Local photographer Wayne Keene took on the challenge of capturing the sacred landscapes of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument through the lens of his camera as an artist-in-residence ...

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Center plans ‘Riding My Way Back’

Film tells how horseback riding helped vet’s PTSD

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Collaborative studio for local artists, craftspeople, makers and educators opens in Cortez.

The Collaborative, a working studio for a collection of artists, craftspeople, makers, and educators, located in a 5,400-square-foot loft at 25 N. Beech St., provides a studio or working env...

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Mancos Chorus plans holiday concerts

Theme of series is Home for the Holidays

DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Cortez native releases new solo EP

Singer-songwriter Kyle Rightley, originally from Cortez, recently released his second solo acoustic EP, “The Bleak, Barbarian Pines.” The year has proven to be a prolific year for Rightley. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Pleasant View author Volk releases Western-themed novel nationwide

Author Lowell F. Volk announces the nationwide release of his latest Western-themed novel, “A New Beginning.” After arriving in Colorado, Raquel and Trevor get married and claim l...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Volunteers preparing holiday feast

The first four turkeys for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner have been roasted and deboned, the first big chore in a wave of preparations the annual feast at St. Barnabas Church. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Artists to sign posters, demonstrate block printing

On Sunday, Oct. 19, the public is invited to experience the artwork produced by two Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Artist-In-Residence winners at the Anasazi Heritage Center at 1 ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Lions Club members receive Milestone Awards for service, membership

Earl Hutchinson was presented a Milestone Chevron Award from Lions International for 55 years of service and membership with the Cortez Lions Club. Earl became a Lions member on Aug. 1, 1959...

DATE: Oct 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living