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Montezuma County preps for primaries with unaffiliated voters
Change brings higher cost, might bring higher turnout
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Oil and gas drilling could ramp up in Southwest Colorado
Feds order more oil and gas lease sales; shorter protest period expected
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MCEDA to hold regional economic summit in Cortez
Annual event aims to bring local businesses together
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Cortez murder suspect to receive second competency evaluation
Jeremiah Damron to appear in court in June
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Waste Management offers scholarships to Pueblo Community College
Waste Management Inc. is awarding a scholarship to one eligible applicant from each high school in Montezuma and Dolores counties. The recipient will receive a one-time $500 award to attend…
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Strong winds expected tonight in western Colorado, eastern Utah
Weather service advisory predicts winds of 25-35 mph, gusts of 50 mph
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Cortez Fire Protection District approves purchase of bunker gear
Wednesday night’s board meeting marked Kent Lindsay’s last meeting. The board celebrated with a cake and a gift.Emily Rice/The Journal The Cortez Fire Protection District Board unanimously approved the purchase…
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Cortez library to host five Native women in Poetry Tonight event
Reading and book sale coincide with National Poetry Month
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Local artist Rosie Carter is Mesa Verde’s first artist-in-residence of 2018
The Journal Mesa Verde National Park’s artist in-residence program kicks off with Cortez artist Rosie Carter, whose residency runs April 15-28. Public programs are planned at Mesa Verde and a…
Education
Montezuma-Cortez High School warns of advertising calls
Calls, emails target local Cortez businesses
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Cortez students nominated for D.C. leadership conference
Sixth-graders selected by teacher
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Cortez Gun and Sportsman Show runs through weekend
Annual show helps support gun club’s Junior Shooters program
Sports
Eli Tomac sets the pace early, and wins Minneapolis Supercross
Rider from Cortez sits in third place in the standings, with three races to go
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Freeze warning is in effect at midnight in Montezuma County
Overnight low expected to drop into the mid-20s
For the record
Police Blotter
Wednesday, April 4 3:36 p.m.: A man was arrested in the 40 block of North Edith Street on suspicion of violating a protection order after a report of a fight…
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Cortez Middle School to premiere ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’
CMS play has a lesson, about lessons
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Southwest Open School students exhibit art
Southwest Open School held an art reception at the Cortez Cultural Center on Tuesday evening. According to SWOS art teacher Nate Osgood, the artwork, in a variety of mediums, was…
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Southwest Colorado officials learn what to do in a disaster
Workshop teaches agencies how to work together
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Cortez council plans to start youth commission
Teenage volunteers would conduct city projects