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‘A good fit’
Ute Mountain Utes opening pottery shop and gallery after renovations; tribe will be back in production
Briefs
Forest employees will be honored Four Forest Service employees will be remembered during a dedication ceremony at the U.S. Forest Service Memorial Grove near Monument, Colo., on Saturday, May 2.…
Mesa Verde’s $60M local impact
Tourist spending at national park supports 700-plus area jobs
Planting pinwheels
Rose Jergens and Jim Price plant pinwheels in front of the visitors center for Child Abuse Awareness month. Local elementary students made the 300 pinwheels.Sam Green/Cortez Journal
Two student-testing reform measures advance
‘We are reducing testing,’ Colorado lawmaker says
Local Briefs
Canyons of the Ancients gets exposure Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is getting its day in the sun as a featured attraction in Colorado Life magazine’s March/April edition. Plugged…
Human trafficking seminar set for May 14
The local League of Women Voters is hosting a forum on the problem of human trafficking in Colorado on May 14, from noon until 3:30 p.m., at the First United…
‘Land grab’ study advances in Senate
Hearing examines transferring federal lands to state
In search of Condor N8
Following an extraordinary area sighting of North America’s largest and one of the most endangered birds, the pursuit becomes irresistible
Football hazard
Local firefighter Danny Barfield catches a football during hazmat training on Tuesday. Firefighters from six fire departments as far away as Grand Junction were going through 80 hours of training…
Family time at McPhee
About 50 baby Western grebes huddle together and ride the waves on McPhee Reservoir on Sunday afternoon. Young grebes are able to swim from birth. The grebe breeds in lakes…