Cortez

Manaugh to hold Cinco de Mayo fun run to help fund playground

Proceeds will go toward a new playground

Former professional baseball player speaks at Mesa Elementary

Morrissey encourages students to believe in themselves, persevere

Manaugh goes ‘interstellar’ for learning

Manaugh Elementary School holds fourth annual Spring Fling

Gallery night for gifted and talented students at Manaugh

Police Blotter

Journal/Sam Green Wednesday, April 18 3:57 a.m.: A woman was arrested at Maverik Gas Station, 455 N. State St., on…

Crash closes U.S. 160 south of Cortez; driver faces DUI charge

U.S. Highway 160 was closed Thursday for about 45 minutes after a two-vehicle crash at County Road C south of…

Sheriff Blotter

Wednesday, April 11 3:31 p.m.: A man was cited for burning during a red flag warning in the 44000 block…

Cortez City Council chooses company for $1 million median project

Construction project is awarded to Western Gravel in 4-3 vote

Montezuma sheriff seizes 18 ‘emaciated’ horses north of Cortez

Vets rule poor health due to lack of nutrition

Community college gives students a second chance

Program helps students finish their degree

CMS Theater keeps audience laughing with ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

Students premiere spring play with a lesson about lessons

Four Corners Friends of the NRA presents donations at banquet

The Four Corners Friends of the NRA awarded $14,997.75 in donations to four organizations at a banquet Saturday evening at…

Cortez City Council to decide on Montessori school relocation

School’s conditional use permit on Tuesday agenda

Durango, Mancos and Cortez chile verde finish in Top 10

Absolute Bakery, Beny’s Diner, Oscar’s are voted among state’s best

World’s fastest monster truck to stop in Cortez

Raminator visits New Country Auto on May 4-5

Suspect in threat to Montezuma-Cortez schools is identified

Dolores district cancels classes; Montezuma-Cortez resumes classes after lockout

Police Blotter

Wednesday, April 11 10:52 p.m.: A man was arrested in the 600 block of South Broadway on two warrants for…

Stop your brother’s biting, and other innovations at Kiva Montessori

Two local Destination Imagination teams headed to global competition

Destination Imagination teams from Cortez and Dolores to travel to Tennessee

Montezuma County preps for primaries with unaffiliated voters

Change brings higher cost, might bring higher turnout

Oil and gas drilling could ramp up in Southwest Colorado

Feds order more oil and gas lease sales; shorter protest period expected

MCEDA to hold regional economic summit in Cortez

Annual event aims to bring local businesses together

Cortez murder suspect to receive second competency evaluation

Jeremiah Damron to appear in court in June

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.…