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Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane, who until his recent retirement was the longest-serving police chief in the state of Colorado, has died after a lengthy illness. A memorial service and reception will take place beginning …
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Category Archives: October 2015
‘This just in…’: KSJD launches a campaign to provide news that is both live and local
Print this articleMotivated by the desire to provide local news for Montezuma County, managers at KSJD radio are hoping that innovation and outside-the-studio-box thinking will allow them to produce a daily newscast – both on-air and online – that will … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
Next steps for the Animas: Superfund status remains a controversial idea, but cleanup efforts continue
Print this articleA little more than two months after the Gold King Mine discharged 3 million gallons of acidic drainage into Cement Creek, the Animas River, and eventually the San Juan River, affected communities are still trying to decide what … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
Tagged Animas River, Gold King Mine
A smattering of issues: The Nov. 3 election features one state question, several local ones
Print this articleThe 2015 Colorado election represents just a few swings in the batting cage for those already entranced by next year’s presidential sweepstakes – with just one statewide question on the ballot along with a smattering of local decisions. … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
Tagged 2015 election
Something new: Cortez’s ‘Little Free Library’
Print this articleLittle Free Libraries are small weatherproof boxes filled with great books. A model one-room schoolhouse placed on a post in a Wisconsin front yard started the world-wide Little Free Library movement aimed at promoting literacy and reading through … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
NCA talks begin: A water attorney says a conservation area could help constrain federal agencies and protect rights
Print this articleThe choices are simple when it comes to making decisions on managing the water and federal lands along the Lower Dolores River, an expert told a group of concerned citizens Sept. 30 in Cortez: One, do nothing and … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
Tagged dolores river, National Conservation Area
The ‘new math’ that hurts schools: Colorado’s legislators employ a formula to circumvent Amendment 23
Print this articleIts name sounds vaguely mysterious, like something from science fiction. But the “negative factor,” a formula affecting school finance in Colorado, is quite real, and is having a hugely detrimental impact on local schools, administrators say. The negative … Continue reading
Published in October 2015
Tagged Colorado education funding, Montezuma-Cortez RE-1
High adventure and low characters (Prose and Cons)
Print this articleGood stories beget good stories. At least, that’s three-time novelist Patrick DeWitt’s story. DeWitt’s third novel, “Undermajordomo Minor,” released last month, continues his penchant of reinventing genres — this time, the fable. DeWitt’s personal story begins with the … Continue reading
Published in October 2015, Prose and Cons
Tagged Patrick DeWitt, Scott Graham, Undermajordomo Minor