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The Mancos school community is grieving after the death of one of its students. Brian Hanson, superintendent of Mancos School District Re-6, announced June 6 in a letter to families that student...

Twelve employees will be laid off and 11 employees will be furloughed next year in moves Fort Lewis College is taking to cut $1.85 million from the general fund budget. FLC had actually pegged the...

Amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, local school districts are planning for a variety of scenarios for fall classes. Scenarios include reopening school facilities with heavy safety...

Mancos Schools Superintendent Brian Hanson and Transportation Director Sharon Crook have announced they will resign. After over a decade as superintendent, Hanson plans to resign after the 2020-21...

The Four Corners Board of Realtors has announced the recipients of the 2020 Dean Hanson Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipients are Nadyezhda Erlandson and Brenn Jeter from Dolores, Talissa...

High school graduation season is not yet over in Montezuma County: Southwest Open School’s ceremony is set for July 31. While other high schools in Montezuma County held drive-thru commencements,...

The Mancos High School Class of 2020 graduated Friday evening to honking horns and blaring sirens. As with its neighboring school districts, the Mancos ceremony took a unique format this year to...

Montezuma-Cortez High School has released honor roll for the second semester of the 2019-20 school year. Just under 200 full-time students made the list this semester, with 70 on the scholars list,...

After three years as principal of Montezuma-Cortez Middle School, Kate Ott is stepping down, and assistant principal Drew Pearson will take the helm. Ott is retiring, although she will still remain...

A budding musician has been awarded the Mancos Creative District’s Create 81328 Scholarship. Adam Yoder was this year’s recipient of the $1,000 scholarship, which seeks to honor young creatives in...

Residents within Durango School District 9-R boundaries were given a look at the difficult budgetary alternatives in this COVID-19-marred year and asked to provide feedback about what paths they...