http://www.cortezjournal.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Fsection%3FCategory%3D"> All Stories en-us http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529918&source=RSS DateHigh Low Prec.Snow May 157948May 167742May 177445May 186846May 196234May 206236 May 216938 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529918&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529919&source=RSS Homeowners across Montezuma County received notices in the mail a few weeks ago, stating the revised value of their properties. For the majority, values were down. County assessor Mark Vanderpool said most residential values saw about a 10 percent decrease, though there were exceptions, mostly along the Dolores River. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529919&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529920&source=RSS Farmers and ranchers in Montezuma, Archuleta, San Miguel, La Plata, and Dolores counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans to help cover losses they sustained as a result of the effects of drought conditions according to Rick Cervenka, senior farm loan officer, with the Farm Service Agency. People must apply no later than Sept. 9,... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529920&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529921&source=RSS The board of directors of the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company announce that irrigation water will be turned into the delivery system on Friday, May 24. Shareholders should have their head gates ready to accept the water.This irrigation season will most likely be shortened, so the board asks shareholders to use the water... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529921&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529922&source=RSS Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529922&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529923&source=RSS DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the first update in a generation to the way Colorado funds its public schools.The new system promises full-day kindergarten, a longer school year for some students, greater authority for principals and more state aid for school districts in poor towns.But it all depends on voter... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529923&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529924&source=RSS DENVER - Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell stood with 17 other uniformed sheriffs Friday in a packed lobby of a Denver office building to announce a Second Amendment lawsuit against Gov. John Hickenlooper.The sheriffs, plus 36 other sheriffs who didn't attend the announcement and several other plaintiffs, claim that two gun bills... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529924&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529925&source=RSS District Court Judge Todd Plewe was skeptical of a plea bargain presented by prosecutors for a man charged with starting a wildfire south of Dolores.Roger Bucky Stratton, 54, has been charged with fourth degree arson, a class four felony for neglecting burning embers on his property and starting a 400-acre fire October... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529925&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529926&source=RSS The lower Dolores River below McPhee dam will not showcase its world-class rapids and canyons this year for boating enthusiasts.But rafters need not despair. The Dolores River upstream from the town of Dolores is a raging torrent right now, if only for a limited time.For 37 miles from Rico to Dolores, the river offers beginner... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529926&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529927&source=RSS Ute Mountain American Legion Post 75 invites the public to join in observing Memorial Day at several events to be held on Monday, May 276 a.m., Cortez Cemetery Legion Honor Guard, dedication, rifle-team salute, rendering of taps, and the playing of bagpipes by Jim Lynch.7 a.m., American Legion Hall, 320 N. Harrison Honor... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS03/130529927&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS05/130529928&source=RSS The 4x200-meter relay team of Lexi Atkinson, Cassie Lard, Taylor Elder and Olivia Wright finished second in the state finals with a school record, after breaking the old school record and finishing fourth in the prelims on Thursday. Their final time was 146.91.The 800-meter sprint relay team of Cassie Lard, Lexi Atkinson, Olivia Wright... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS05/130529928&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0403/130529929&source=RSS After around 130 homes were evacuated between the Weber and Roatcap fires in Montezuma County last year, the concern about fellow residents starting fires is well founded. But you may put yourself at ease by making yourself and your family prepared for a safe and effective evacuation. Regardless of whether you feel there is little... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0403/130529929&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0402/130529930&source=RSS To the Citizens of Dolores Members of the Montezuma County VFW Ladies Auxiliary No. 5231, whose Post Home is in Mancos and whose members come from Mancos, Cortez and Dolores, have been posting the American flags on the streets of Dolores for the past year. The flags have been posted 19 times since August 2012. During... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0402/130529930&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0403/130529931&source=RSS The Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center reports that fire danger is increasing on public lands as southwestern Colorado heads into the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Not only has this spring been relatively dry, but last fall was very dry, which has resulted in low soil moisture and vegetation at lower and middle elevations already drying... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS0403/130529931&source=RSS http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS04/130529932&source=RSS The Defense Department announced furloughs for around 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year, according to The Associated Press.Civilians funded in the Military Intelligence Program will be subject to the unpaid days off.Those would include workers in military intelligence agencies... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 EST http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20130522/DS04/130529932&source=RSS