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Municipal votes on fracking catch guv’s eye
They reflect ‘genuine anxiety’ about health concerns, Hickenlooper says
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Utah weighs gas tax proposals
SALT LAKE CITY – State and local officials say it’s time to raise Utah’s gasoline tax, which hasn’t changed for 16 years. On Wednesday, a panel of legislators discussed two…
Local News
SWCC mobile labs hit the road
Southwest Colorado Community College lab coordinator Ralph Ponce explains how real-world processes are taught inside one of three new $300,000 state-of-the-art mobile learning labs.Tobie Baker/Cortez Journal A new $300,000 state-of-the-art…
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Cobalt Mortgage opens
The Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce was excited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of Cobalt Mortgage at 2505 E. Main St., Cortez. Manager Paul Root has…
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Cortez Briefs
San Juans’ Mark Stiles to retire The San Juan Mountains Association will hold an open house celebration on Monday, Nov. 18, to honor Mark Stiles on his upcoming retirement as…
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Job Corps reopens doors
Jennifer Summers, left, says the Job Corps program saved her life. Babette Kimble is an admission counselor at the newly re-opened office in the Cortez Plaza.Courtesy Photo After an eight-month…
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Heart & Soul prepares for value statements
Cortez Heart and Soul wants the character of the community to shape development. In January 2012, Cortez was awarded a Heart and Soul Community Planning Grant from the Orton Family…
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Job Corps returns to Cortez after shutdown The program ‘saved my life,’ graduate says
Jennifer Summers, left, says the Job Corps program saved her life. Babette Kimble is an admission counselor at the newly re-opened office in the Cortez Plaza.Courtesy Photo After an eight-month…
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Times are a-changin’
We set our clocks back last weekend, and we have seen our first snow in town. It feels as if winter is here. I agree with Pete from the P&D…
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Times are a-changin’
We set our clocks back last weekend, and we have seen our first snow in town. It feels as if winter is here. I agree with Pete from the P&D…
Business
Hesperus ski swap celebrates 50th
Peter May-Ostendorp buys his first pair of downhill skis at Hesperus Ski Patrol’s 50th annual ski swap at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. At left is Sara Evans.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald…
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November is Hospice month
Dolores Mayor Val Truelsen, Queenie Barz representing Mancos and Cortez Mayor Dan Porter sign proclamations declaring November as Hospice month. Hospice will have its annual fundraising all-you-can-eat pancake supper Friday,…
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Critics knock carbon plans; EPA hears from miners in Denver
DENVER – Coal miners from as far away as North Dakota came to Denver on Wednesday to speak out against plans to cut greenhouse-gas pollution from power plants. The Environmental…
Requests surpass budget
Final funding figures for agencies will come in January
Coffee shop celebrates 1 year
Former Phoenix couple brew up a thriving business
Mancos artisan carves a legacy
‘I enjoy my work as much as anyone I know’
Mancos artisan carves legacy
'I enjoy my work as much as anyone I know'
First pot pharmacy to open in Mancos
Loss of his mother sets Jim Cody’s course