Cortez

The Mesa Verde Writers Conference will take place in September this year after organizers cited summer crowds and heat in southwest Colorado.

Montezuma County is moving ahead with efforts to clean up the county through clean-up days and a possible ordinance about trash.

Library events this month include children’s programs, teen gaming, adult clubs, a documentary screening, and a nesting goose outside the front doors.

KSJD speaks with veteran local reporter Gail Binkley about turnout, council turnover, campaign controversies, and what happens next.

A new Cortez poetry program from ZU Arts Initiative will pay poets, host public readings and mail collectible poem broadsides to subscribers.

The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school board voted to end ties with ERBOCES and CLAS, continuing governance changes under its new majority.

A May 1 event at the Sunflower Theatre will explore public service through a book discussion and local panel featuring regional voices from government and community organizations.

A campaign mailer sent to Cortez voters ahead of the city council election is raising questions about whether it meets Colorado disclosure requirements.

Unofficial results from the Cortez municipal election show five candidates elected to City Council, with voters approving three of four charter questions.

The Montezuma County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to have the county sponsor and seek a grant for a summer lunch program for local children.