For the record
Police blotter
Tuesday, Aug. 4 5:24 p.m. Police responded to the 700 block of East 4th Street for a possible domestic disturbance. A woman reported that she was grabbed by the arm…
Cortez
Arts and Entertainment
Nightsong Trio to perform
Flutist Jessica Peterson, pianist Sally Logee Neel and violinist Heidi Tanner.Courtesy photo The Nightsong Trio from Pagosa Springs will be in concert at St. Barnabas on Sunday, Sept. 6 at…
Arts and Entertainment
Plein air painting demonstration by Mesa Verde’s Beens
For The Cortez Journal Landscape artist J. Milton (Milt) Beens will serve as Mesa Verde National Park artist in residence from Aug. 31 through Sept. 13, 2015. Milt will offer…
Education
‘Still Learning’ is theme of Storytime
For The Cortez Journal “Still Learning” is the September theme of the Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St., Cortez. The preschool Storytime program is…
Education
Library, city sponsor reading program
For The Cortez Journal The Cortez Public Library and the City of Cortez is facilitating and sponsoring a volunteer reading program. The library provide literacy mentors who help elementary students…
Business
National Resource wants more input
Federal agricultural service plans restarting work group meetings
Business
Pipeline company plans noise mitigation measures
Pipeline company plans mitigation measures at pump station
Business
State rebrands anti-pot campaign for kids
This image, made from a website launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, shows part of the state’s new campaign to educate youths about legal recreational marijuana.…
Local News
Inmates help restore wilderness
DENVER – A piece of Colorado’s Eagles Nest Wilderness has been restored to its historic condition because of the hard work of 18 prison inmates. The group removed an ugly…
Local News
Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world’s media
The New York Times on Aug. 11 featured full-page coverage of the Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River, including Durango Herald photographer Jerry McBride’s shot of three kayakers…
Education
Kemper joins School-to-Farm project with adobe oven
Kemper Elementary joins School-to-Farm project with a Native-Italian twist: adobe pizza
Education
Elks name four scholarship winners
From left: Jimmie Lankford: Exalted Ruler, Cortez Elks Lodge 1789; Emma Youngquist, of Dolores High School; Taylor Elder of Dolores; Jonathon Walck, of Montezuma-Cortez High School; Haley Nadone, of Montezuma-Cortez;…
Education
Unlimited Learning Center enrolling now
For The Cortez Journal The Unlimited Learning Center is enrolling for the new school year. To register to take classes for a GED, visit the center from 9 a.m. and…