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Healthy walk
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Healthy walk

May 12, 2014

Starting from the Highway 491 and 160 turnoff, the Towaoc group heads down the highway for the Four Corners Walking Together for Healthier Nations. The group walked the 18 miles…

Cortez cleanup crew
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Cortez cleanup crew

May 12, 2014

Timia, Landon, Neal, Nielson and Houston Hurst do their part to clean up Cortez during the city Spring Cleanup Day. Crews were assigned different parts of Cortez to pick up…

Hammer time
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Hammer time

May 12, 2014

Greg Lewis leads a group of riders up a hill in the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde race.Sam Green/Cortez Journal photos

Bailiff helps defendant avoid charges
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Bailiff helps defendant avoid charges

May 12, 2014

An elderly man from Dolores narrowly escaped a bench warrant for his arrest Thursday because of an alert courtroom bailiff. “Mr. Peltier has failed to appear,” Chief District Court Judge…

Dolores fiber-optic project is now complete
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Dolores fiber-optic project is now complete

May 12, 2014

High-speed Internet service went live at the Dolores Schools on Friday, opening up the opportunity for businesses and individuals to also sign up for faster Internet. The schools’ need for…

49 Square Ventures plans for expansion
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49 Square Ventures plans for expansion

May 12, 2014

The compost facility 49 Square Ventures, on Road 39 near Mancos, will go before the county commissioners May 19 to ask for land-use designation that would allow them to continue…

Watering restrictions start May 15
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Watering restrictions start May 15

May 11, 2014

Watering restrictions are enforced May 15 through and Sept. 15 each year. Yard watering is not allowed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Anyone violating this ordinance…

2014 good for Four Corners in Legislature
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2014 good for Four Corners in Legislature

May 8, 2014

DENVER – Southwest Colorado’s lawmakers agree the 2014 legislative session was a good one for the region. It’s a different story from last year, when Republicans left the state Capitol…

Seismic study begins in Dolores District
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Seismic study begins in Dolores District

May 8, 2014

Work has begun on the Kinder Morgan 3-D Seismic Study for the Doe Canyon Deep Unit in the “Glade” area of the Dolores District. Kinder Morgan will conduct seismic surveys…

County delays KM bid to inject well
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County delays KM bid to inject well

May 8, 2014

Montezuma County officials have temporarily halted a Kinder Morgan plan to convert a dormant 31-year-old production well into a new injection well. Kinder Morgan agent Bob Clayton told Montezuma County…