Shannon Livick

Position: The Cortez Journal

Harvest time

By the time the gates opened at the Colorado State University Extension Apple U-Pick event in Yellow Jacket and 9 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of people had lined up at the gates armed with bags, boxes,...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez yoga studio’s Baby and Me class helps mother and child grow together

With a 8-month old baby and another on the way, Monique Alvarez is what you would call a busy mom. But that didn’t stop Alvarez and baby Sam from attending a Baby and Me Yoga class Wednesday in...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Local officials are warned of virus

Hospitals in Greeley and Loveland have imposed visitor restrictions because of the Colorado outbreak of enterovirus 68, including banning visitors under age 13 and ordering mandatory health...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma gold

It’s that time of year again for Brad Milligin and his crew at The Bee Tree farm in Lewis — honey time. Crews at the farm were out gathering bee hives Wednesday, and the family was getting ready...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Firefighters get air-pack grant

Breathing should be a little bit easier for firefighters with the Cortez Fire Protection District. The department recently learned that it was awarded a $284,050 grant to replace the firefighters’...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

A new home

La Casita de Cortez opened up last week in a new location, one part-owner Dio Espinoza is hoping will mean more customers. La Casita, which was formerly on North Harrison St. across the street from...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Frack Free to screen ‘Hickenlooper’

A new group aims to set up in town, and it’s not happy with the oil and gas industry. Frack Free Montezuma will host its biggest event yet in Cortez tonight when it screens the movie “Dear Governor...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Empire Electric celebrates 75 years of power

Today, electricity is something we seldom think about. With a flick of a switch, it’s readily available to power nearly everything in our lives. In the 1930s, life in rural Montezuma and Dolores...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

A slice of health

Anyone knows, life as a parent of a toddler isn’t always easy. And making sure that life is healthy, well that can be a bit tougher. But on Fridays for the next seven weeks, Kelly Proctor, of the...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

A place in history

It’s famous with trick-or-treaters. It’s the go-to drive for those with family or friends in town. And it’s a popular tree-lined place to walk.Montezuma Avenue is well-known in Cortez. “Everyone...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez getting ready for Blue to take stage

Cortez, brace yourself for one funny Saturday.Josh Blue, who is known as the comedian who puts the cerebral in cerebral palsy, will bring his unique style of comedy to the stage, and it’s all for a...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

The making of a masterpiece

The hum of sewing machines filled the banquet room behind the Ponderosa Restaurant Tuesday morning as a small group of women concentrated on making masterpieces. Many of them were under the gun to...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

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