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Hickenlooper signs student-testing bill

Measure reduces number of assessments in state

Land fight gives rise to group

Coalition seeks to counter intimidation

Native bikers honor Ute vets

Four-day journey takes them to Towaoc memorial

Rule cleared in theft investigation

Former commissioner won’t face charges; associate sentenced

Officials have tight lips about Calkins

Officials decline to comment on status of $275K sale

Twister sighted outside Cortez

Warning prompts school lockdown

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Officer involved in Make My Day case deploys stun gun

Cortez faced department reprimand in 2014

Contractor picked for Paradise Village work

Denver company submits bid for $2.3 million, $753,000 over engineer’s estimate

Man walks away from attempted carjacking

A 25-year-old man has been charged in a reported carjacking incident that occurred near the Cortez Public Library. Jeremiah Jim, 25, address unknown, was arrested by Cortez police officers and…

Convicted sex offender Allmon released

Bound by plea deal, judge wanted life in prison

Pot illegal in area hot spots

It’s a no-no at Purgatory and Mesa Verde

School district to reveal budget

Proposed increase is attributed to accounting practices

Deputy in car chase speaks out

Iraq veteran Williams talks about high-speed pursuit and shooting

Rodeo committee hosts Rodeo Days at library

The Cortez Journal The Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo Committee is again hosting two Rodeo Days at the Cortez Public Library to promote rodeo and ranch life to children. The committee…

‘Superheroes’ is the June theme of Storytime

The Cortez Journal “Superheroes All Around” is the June theme of the Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library, located at 202 N. Park St., Cortez. Our preschool Storytime…

Flying around

Tabatha Entrekin practices her moves from a tree in City Park while teaching some friends how to perform with aerial silks.Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Colorado teen-pregnancy program shows results

The use of intrauterine devices, IUDs, and other long-acting reversible contraceptives played a major role in reducing the number of teen births 35 percent in La Plata County and 47…

Daniels scholarship pays the way for four area high school seniors

Mancos, Montezuma-Cortez students headed to college

Briefs

Firewood permits available in Cortez, Mancos, Dolores As backcountry roads open for the summer, permits to cut firewood on the San Juan National Forest go on sale at agency offices…