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Cox, Frizzell lead Montezuma County Republican primary races
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (159+ words) Unofficial primary election results are in for Montezuma County, where two contested county-level Republican races led the local ballot. In the Republican primary for Montezuma County Commissioner District 1, Rodney Cox received 2, 016 votes, or 55. 4%. Bonnie Anderson received 1, 046 votes, or 28. 7%, and Diane…...
Ferris Fire tops 21, 000 acres as Babylon Fire destroys four structures in southeastern Utah
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (695+ words) Updated Tuesday, June 30, 4: 30pm The Ferris Fire northwest of Dolores is now estimated at about 21, 300 acres, according to preliminary perimeter data from the National Interagency Fire Center. The fire remains zero percent contained. Earlier Tuesday, fire officials listed the Ferris Fire…...
Fertilizer costs, farm payments and screwworm response raise concerns
2+ day, 1+ min ago (645+ words) KSJD Fertilizer costs, farm payments and screwworm response raise concerns This is Bob Bragg with the Farm News & Views Report for the week of June 29th Over the past couple of months, both the price of fuel and fertilizer has been…...
Local Stained Glass Artist Advances in National Online Art Contest
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (82+ words) KSJD Local Stained Glass Artist Advances in National Online Art Contest Local stained glass artist Bill Rainer recently gained some notoriety in an online art competition called "The People's Artist", and is now in the quarterfinals of the nationwide contest....
Colorado congresspeople, hospital CEOs warn of HR 1's impacts to health care
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (702+ words) Critics of HR 1 warned in a Zoom call Thursday that its impacts to patients and hospitals in rural Colorado will be enormous. The call was organized by the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, a nonprofit. HR 1, a sweeping bill that cut…...
School garden keeps growing after classes end
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (273+ words) The school year may be over, but work continues at the Mancos School Garden. During a recent community open house hosted by the Montezuma School to Farm Project, visitors had a chance to tour the garden and learn how the…...
Fresh produce pilot program launches for regional food pantries; Dolores library board terminates director
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (300+ words) A new pilot program will bring fresh, locally grown produce to food pantries in Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Nation. The Pantry Produce Share Program is a partnership between Good Food Collective, Southwest Community Food…...
Limited Mc Phee water supplies force hard choices for local growers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (944+ words) A dry winter and warm spring are shaping one of the toughest local water years in recent memory for farmers and irrigators in Montezuma and Dolores counties. Drought. gov lists all of Montezuma County as affected by drought, and says…...
Events in five Colorado cities lend local flavor to Juneteenth holiday
1+ week, 5+ day ago (717+ words) The official state and federal holiday marks the end of slavery across the country " specifically, the day in 1865 that Union soldiers reached Galveston, Texas, to deliver word to more than 250, 000 enslaved people that they were free. The day came more…...
Twenty-five years after Fred Martinez Jr. s death, a local editor reflects on the reporting that followed
1+ week, 5+ day ago (501+ words) Twenty-five years after the murder of Fred Martinez Jr. in Cortez, former Cortez Journal managing editor Gail Binkly says the case remains a reminder of the importance and difficulty of local reporting. Martinez was 16, Navajo and Two Spirit. They were…...