The Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team, or WESST, was founded with the goals of helping women, people of color, and low-income New Mexicans learn about best business practices, to support new entrepreneurs with financial and business advice, and provide resources within their communities. Farmington’s WESST center in San Juan College’s Quality Center for Business assists local entrepreneurs at every step of their small-business journey. By Hannah Robertson. This story is sponsored by Ute Mountain Casino Hotel and Service Master Restore
Ute Mountain Casino Hotel continues its 30th anniversary celebration with a Pow-wow Celebration on Friday and Saturday; the city of Cortez opens applications for its 2023 community grant program, and a concert to benefit Denkai Animal Sanctuary in Cortez. This story is sponsored by Choice Building Supply Ace Hardware and the LOR Foundation
After two years of pandemic disruptions that closed schools and left many students struggling to keep up with their educations, Interim Cortez Superintendent Tom Burris wants the district to teach students how to be students again. This story is sponsored by TruWest Auto Outlet and FASTSIGNS
What started out as a memento commemorating her late husband has turned into a major art project that honors the Mancos Valley's ranching heritage. This story is sponsored by Ute Mountain Casino Hotel and the law firm of Downs, McDonough, Cowan and Foley
Anyone who has hunted for a rental in Montezuma County knows they're as rare as hen's teeth, and they're expensive, too. Attainable housing, especially housing for first-time homebuyers, also is out of range of the average wage-earner or family. Now, Montezuma County will tackle the issue with a $100,350 planning grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. This story is sponsored by Ute Mountain Casino Hotel and TruWest Auto
A Cortez Realtor says the real-estate industry should play a leadership role in building a healthy community by serving as a source of information and inspiration. This story is sponsored by Choice Building Supply Ace Hardware and Keesee Motors
For many kids, getting new school supplies is a fact of life, but others may not be so lucky. That's why the Montelores Early Childhood Council gives away more than 300 backpacks filled with supplies before school starts in August. This story is sponsored by the LOR Foundation and Big-O Tires
The Durango City Council reviews Lodgers Tax refund ideas and mulls ballot language for a possible tax question on the November ballot. Fort Lewis College receives a substantial grant that will cover four scholarships every year for the next 10 years, and the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally returns. This story is sponsored by Tafoya, Barrett & Associates and the law firm of Downs, McDonough, Cowan and Foley
The Mancos Common Press board of directors hopes to build a new workshop in a long-vacant lot next to the old Mancos Times newspaper building, and while they're at it, they plan to build three affordable-housing units on top. This story is sponsored by Keesee Motors and the law firm of Downs, McDonough, Cowan and Foley
Summer's flying by, and what some would consider the ending bookend to summer in Montezuma County, the county fair, is just around the corner. Also in this week's roundup, fishing limits lifted at Groundhog Reservoir. This story is sponsored by Big-O Tires and the LOR Foundation
