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Small Business Development Center looks to encourage female founders
Women-, veteran- and minority-owned businesses focus of grant
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Ultimate Outdoor and Gun Show is May 13-15
Mayor Karen Sheek, center, proclaimed May 8-14 Sportsman’s Week in Cortez. The Ultimate Outdoor and Gun Show will take place at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds from May 13-15.The Journal The…
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Marathon Oil to sell northwest holdings at loss GRAND JUNCTION — Marathon Oil is joining the ranks of companies fleeing northwestern Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1NcWMFd ) that the…
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La Plata County planners give green light to King II permit
Recommendation goes to commissioners for final approval
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A boon for tourist season?
Outdoor Sports Rentals opens in Dolores, and two restaurants are on the way
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Firewise offers chipper rental rebate
FireWise of Southwest Colorado is offering a Chipper Rental Rebate Program for residents needing to reduce the slash from wildfire fuels mitigation on private lands. The program, which begins on…
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Eclectic Aromas opens in Cortez
Three boutiques fill two shops downtown on just east of Market Street
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Beauty salon opens in Cortez
Brandee Simmons has opened a beauty spa at 37 E. Main offering eyelash extensions, facials, microderm abrasion, and tanning.Sam Green/The Journal A new beauty salon has opened on Main Street…
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Little Loves Boutique opens in Cortez
Kayla Maynard, owner of Little Loves Boutique, stands in her store at 40 E. Main St.The Journal Little Loves Boutique is bringing a local option for Cortez shoppers seeking maternity…
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Four Corners Home and Garden Show underway
Jaynee Crockett sets up the information booth at the Four Corners Home and Garden Show with the help of 4-month-old daughter Samantha. The 16th annual show runs Friday and Saturday…
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Giant wide screen
Ute Mountain Ute elder Emily Whiteman, center, officially turned on the new Ute Mountain Casino sign along with the tribal council on Tuesday afternoon. The new marquee has an 18-foot-tall,…
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Cortez Quilt Co. starts yarn shop
Anne Worthington, left, and Karen Childress, right, show the new selection of yarns at Cortez Quilt Co. The company, nearing its fifth anniversary, added a yarn component.Jacob Klopfenstein/The Journal As…
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Sheek, Keel easily win council; Miller, Carlson also are in
Miller, Carlson also win seats; Plewe, Horoshko come up short
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Pagosa Springs will host tourism summit
For The Journal After being held in Durango and Crested Butte the past four years, Pagosa Springs was selected to host the annual Southwest Colorado Tourism Summit on April 13-14.…
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Suckla elected to BLM grazing advisory board The BLM’s grazing advisory board for Southwest Colorado recently elected new regional board members, including Steve Suckla, of Cortez, who represents the Tres…
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Empire customers may qualify for Solar energy
For The Journal Empire Electric Association and the Colorado Energy Office have partnered with Grid Alternatives, a nonprofit solar installer to build a community solar garden in Cortez that is…
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What a bust looks like
Low prices have energy companies and communities reeling as rig counts plummet
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March winds bring April showers and a lot more to Mancos
By Mac Neely I know, you’re into Kindle and electronic devices, but someday you are going to miss sitting by the fireside, curled up in that comfy old rocker, holding…
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Distillers joins battle to enter Colorado supermarkets
Distillers propose initiative to allow liquor in grocery stores