Montezuma County is preparing to expand its composting program as a new food scrap collection service helps divert organic waste from the landfill and build healthier soils.
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As the Cortez City Council prepares to ask voters for an increase in the lodgers’ tax, one member wants to use some of the resulting revenues for water infrastructure.
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the City of Cortez over a road closure.
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Recent monsoon moisture is improving forage in Southwest Colorado, but wildlife officials say hunters should expect elk at higher elevations and check fire closures before heading out.
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The long-running legal dispute between the Montezuma County commissioners and a corporation wanting to build a Dollar General store is not over yet.
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Positioned on a small island in the middle of the Delaware River sits Fort Delaware, a Civil War fortress that held thousands of Confederate prisoners.
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The Cortez Public Library will close its summer reading program July 31 with a paleontology talk, prize deadline and reminder that overdue items can be returned without fines.
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A Cortez nonprofit is reshaping disability services by centering lived experience, employment and community inclusion for people with disabilities in Southwest Colorado.
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Students may use their phones during lunch, but devices must otherwise be turned off and secured in locked classroom caddies.
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The award-winning collection features stories, poetry and essays from more than 40 writers across the region.
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One of Colorado's most productive peach farmers is preparing for the possibility that irrigation water may be turned off before the harvest is finished.
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An award-winning documentary that celebrates the rivers, wildlife, and communities that make the American Southwest one of the most extraordinary places on Earth. Tickets and more information are at sunflowertheatre.org
Historical stories from the Montezuma Heritage Museum's archives in the words of the people who lived them here in Southwest Colorado...read to you by local residents.
Stories from the RMCR network across the inter-mountain West!
Catch up with Bob Bragg on all things agricultural!