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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

Blair to discuss edible plants

From thistles to choke cherries to dandelions, learn how to find and prepare edible wild plants in our area with Katrina Blair, edible plant expert and co-founder of Turtle Lake Refuge. This...

DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

M-CHS Class of 1964 plans reunion

The MCHS Class of 1964 will hold its 50-year class reunion on the weekend of Sept. 5-7. There will be get-reacquainted picnic on Friday evening, Sept. 5 at the home of Dick Donaho...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Open School launches first Common Read

The Southwest Open School will embark on its first Common Read this month with two works of fiction, one for Explorations House students and one for Destinations House students. In addition,...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Local teens return from nation's capital

Mancos and M-CHS students get a weeklong tour

DATE: Aug 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Education

Cortez celebrating national Farmers Market Week

This week has been declared “National Farmers Market Week” by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The week is set aside to celebrate our nation’s thousands of farmers markets, farm...

DATE: Aug 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local teens return from D.C.

Mancos, M-CHS students get a weeklong tour

DATE: Aug 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Phone scam targets Montezuma County

Empire Electric received reports on July 30, 2014 describing two separate incidences of phone-related scams in Cortez and Mancos. The con man pressured the business owners to pay their elect...

DATE: Aug 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Speaker to discuss Pueblo structures

Kuckelman to unveil new evidence

DATE: Jul 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Indian Camp talk planned

Shanna Diederichs will speak about her work excavating an ancestral Pueblo village in the Indian Camp Ranch subdivision northwest of Cortez on Thursday, Aug. 7, as part of the Four Corners L...

DATE: Jul 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Girls on the Run plans local fall programs

Girls on the Run of Western Colorado has plans new programs in Mancos, Mesa, Kemper, and Manaugh elementary schools for September to November. The Girls on the Run mentoring and l...

DATE: Jul 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Living