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M-CHS joins Livewell Colorado’s efforts

Montezuma-Cortez is among a select group of school districts in Colorado that have accepted the LiveWell Colorado challenge to provide more freshly prepared school lunches that taste good an...

DATE: Mar 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Community college asking for your ideas

The Southwest Colorado Community College will conduct Conversations Days this month to give its students, instructors and staff, as well as the communities it serves, an opportunity to provi...

DATE: Mar 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lt. Col. Decker, of Cortez, earns Air Force award

Lt. Col. Kenneth Lee Decker Jr. recently received the 2013 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Journeyman Program Manager Award. Decker, stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base Nea...

DATE: Mar 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Catholic Daughters Day heralds the installation of court’s new members

Recently the mayor of Cortez, Dan Porter, recognized the only existing Junior Catholic Daughters Court in Colorado for their ongoing community outreach and service to the Church. At an insta...

DATE: Mar 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Faith

K-9 Search & Rescue wants new members

The K-9 Search & Rescue Team, Inc., headquartered in Dolores, was recently requested to assist in the search for a 73-year-old man missing in Yuma, Ariz. The Team was able to pro...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

SW Memorial scholarships are available

The Southwest Memorial Hospital Foundation is accepting applicants for its 2014 scholarships. They are $2,000 each. Applicants must have chosen health care as a career, finished p...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Dolores youth earns Eagle Scout badge

It took seven years, but Evan Moore of Boy Scout Troop 518, chartered by the Mancos Hose Company No. 1, reached a goal by earning his Eagle Scout badge. The final step in the proc...

DATE: Feb 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubs and Organizations

Girls on the Run looking for coaches

Girls on the Run is looking for interested coaches, parents, and participants for the fall 2014 season in Montezuma and Dolores Counties. Girls on the Run is a 10-week curriculum...

DATE: Feb 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Sports

K-9 Search and Rescue honors one of its own

The K-9 Search and Rescue Team, headquartered in Dolores, was honored to attend a memorial service in Los Alamos, N.M., for Bob Cowen this past Sunday. Cowen was a pioneer in sear...

DATE: Feb 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officers elected to state electric co-op association

A new president has been elected to lead the board of the Colorado Rural Electric Association, the statewide service organization that represents Colorado’s electric cooperatives. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Mountain View to hold revival

Mountain View Baptist Church will hold Revival Services Sunday, March 9 through Wednesday, March 12. The guest evangelist will be Dr. Charles Patrick Jr. Patrick is director of op...

DATE: Feb 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Faith

Volunteer firefighters needed in Cortez

Have you wanted to have a positive impact on those in your community? Now is your chance. The Cortez Fire Protection District is accepting applications for volunteer firefighters...

DATE: Feb 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News