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Cortez to mull allowing outdoor dining, drinking

Cortez officials are expected to review a draft ordinance Tuesday night that would allow downtown businesses to offer outdoor dining and alcohol consumption. According to the prop...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hearings stayed for Mancos’ ex-marshal, John Cox

Judge Lawrence recuses herself in Cortez; defender withdraws in Durango

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Old Cortez high school demolition bid tops $2M

Noyes, Suckla appointed to Re-1 school board

DATE: Jan 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

$2M awarded for Cortez hospital project

$14.2M expansion work at Southwest Memorial Hospital expected to start in March

DATE: Dec 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez students lag state averages in PARCC test scores

Board member says many high-performing students opted out of exams

DATE: Dec 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez schools warned about their aging buses

More than half the buses used daily to shuttle students to Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 schools have more than a quarter-million miles on the odometer. “There’s going to come a day that ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez OKs land-for-jobs deal with Osprey

Backpack company gets land deal in exchange for 45 new jobs

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Ute students’ film wins award in Los Angeles

“Escape,” the first movie produced by Ute Mountain Ute teens, won Best Student Film at the recent LA Skins Fest. The fictional film, which aims to change the negative stereotypes ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cultural divide adds to disparity

In Cortez, 40 percent of Native Americans in special education

DATE: Dec 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Outdoor hot spots draw visitors, cyclists on Black Friday

Opting for the great outdoors, more than 500 people visited Mesa Verde National Park on Black Friday. While many Americans battled crowds at bustling big box stores the day after ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Cortez vandal armed with BB gun, police say

Eight Main Street businesses fired on

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Autopsy: Montezuma County inmate died of natural causes

Alcohol abuse caused death, says medical examiner