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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

Anasazi Heritage Center hosts art exhibit

‘Ancestral Homelands: Connection to Land, Space and Time’

DATE: Oct 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Forest begins road plan

New road signs have been posted on roads open to general public use in the Boggy-Glade Travel Management Area. Numbers on road signs correspond with the July 1, 2014 Dolores Ranger District ...

DATE: Oct 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

National 4-H Week begins on Sunday

National 4-H Week is Oct. 5–11. This year’s theme is “#iam4H”. Montezuma County 4-H gives youths the skills to confront today’s problems and thrive in careers tomorrow. It is the...

DATE: Oct 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Cortez to begin overlay project

City will begin annual rehab<br/>this month

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pottery-making, firing and sale at Mesa Verde

Beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, Mesa Verde National Park will host a pottery-making demonstration by Santa Clara Pueblo-born Starr Tafoya. The demonstration, potte...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Symphony returns to Cortez

The San Juan Symphony, back by popular demand after last year’s premier performance in Cortez, opens the 2014-15 season for SouthWest Colorado Concerts with a program of modern and classical...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Prescribed burn planned near Dove Creek

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans a prescribed burn in the West Rim Pines fuels treatment project area, seven miles northeast of Dove Creek, beginning as early as ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Josh Dellinger to take helm at Empire Electric

Empire Electric Association’s board of directors announced this week that Josh Dellinger, currently Empire’s system engineer, will become the cooperative’s new general manager on Jan. 1 ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Empire Electric announces refunds to customers

Empire Electric Association announced Tuesday that 19,294 of its current and former members are eligible for refunds. Empire Electric Association’s financial position once again ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Volunteers needed in Sept. for Goodman Point cleanup

National Public Lands Day will be celebrated early at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. On Sept. 13 join the San Juan Mountains Association in partnership with BLM from 9...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native Plant Society hosting mushroom hunt

The San Juan/Four Corners Native Plant Society will host “Wild Mushroom Hunting” on Saturday near Lizard Head Pass. The group will meet at 8:30 a.m. about an hour north of Cortez....

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living