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June 3, 2020

‘Essential Train Service’ Delivers Hope

While the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad waits approval from the state Health Department to run to Silverton, a symbolic train delivered hope to the tiny town on the San Juan Skyway.
June 2, 2020

Rec Center Prepares for Safe Opening

Cortez Recreation staff walk you through the health and safety measures they’ve adopted to protect users when the facility opens. Be prepared for some changes.
June 2, 2020

How Big-O Tires Has Responded to Crisis

Adam Folsom discusses how his tire business has responded to the COVID-19 crisis and what he’s offered customers to protect their health and that of his employees.
May 30, 2020

Loan Keeps Moose & More from Melting

Moose & More received a Region 9 loan to start five years ago. The company had just made its last payment, when it was forced to close, but didn’t melt away, thanks to another Region 9 loan.
May 27, 2020

Ask Dr. Doug: Don’t Be Too Quick to Help

If you want to build resiliency in your kids, don’t be too quick to rescue them. Let them struggle or try to solve problems on their own before you rush in and try to solve their problems for them.
May 22, 2020

SW Farm Coop Switches to Online Sales

Farmers pooled resources to build an online e-commerce site to sell their produce this year, and it’s turned out to be a boon during the pandemic. Just order what you want, and pick it up on Thursdays.
May 21, 2020

Seeing Colors for the First Time in His Life

A color-blind Cortez high-school freshman received the gift of detecting color this spring, when the Cortez Police Department gave him a specialty pair of glasses that enhances his vision.
May 19, 2020

What’s Open and Not for Memorial Day

State campgrounds and area marinas will be open for Memorial Day Weekend, but developed recreation areas in the San Juan National Forest will closed, and there’s a fire ban.
May 17, 2020

Woman Creates Face Mask Accessories

A Montezuma County woman has made and given away hundreds of plastic tags that hook onto the elastic ear cuffs of medical face masks to relieve pressure on the lobes.
May 12, 2020

MZCO Asks to Open More Businesses

The Montezuma County Commissioners have asked for an exemption to Safer-at-Home regulations so that more businesses can re-open to jump start an already depressed economy.
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