Montezuma County shifts internet plan to Wi-Fi

After a $39 million project to expand internet access in Montezuma County was postponed last year, local governments in the county are about to try a new approach.In March 2015, leaders of...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez approves $160,000 bid for IT infrastructure

The Cortez City Council on Tuesday awarded Advanced Network Management Inc. a $160,000 contract for the construction of an information technology infrastructure. Cortez-based Data Safe Services has...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico remains online after deal between internet providers

Rico customers remained online Wednesday, thanks to a deal between internet providers. Farmers Telephone Co., the main internet provider in Rico, announced in December service would be...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico’s internet provider pulls out of town

Internet customers in Rico are facing uncertainty after Farmers Telephone Co. announced it would no longer provide DSL internet to the town. Farmers sent letters to Direct Communications, the...

DATE: Jan. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

High-speed internet slowly spreads through Silverton

Even though a fiber-optic line to Silverton was finished last winter, it has taken months for high-speed service to reach residents and businesses. Brainstorm and its parent company,...

DATE: Sept. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Broadband project is still alive, but it hinges on SB 152

A proposed $39 million internet broadband project for Montezuma County is moving forward, but proponents have shifted their immediate focus to a measure on the November ballot.In November, voters...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores voters will be asked to opt out of telecommunication law

On the November ballot, Dolores voters will be asked whether the town should opt out of SB 152, a state law that prohibits towns and counties from building telecommunication infrastructure. Town...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Commissioners take sales tax question off November ballot

Montezuma County commissioners decided Monday to delay asking voters if they want a 1 percent sales tax to finance a $39 million broadband project for high-speed internet services. County...

DATE: Aug. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Commissioners’ internet proposal may miss deadline

Montezuma County’s $39 million internet project might not be on the November ballot because commissioners have not filed required documents to the Colorado Department of Revenue.County attorney...

DATE: July 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public debates sales tax for broadband

Montezuma County’s proposed sales tax to fund broadband internet dominated the discussion during the commissioners’ first quarterly community meeting on Monday. Forty people showed up at the county...

DATE: July 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Five fiber cuts affected service in SW Colorado in June

Last month, a phone and internet outage left thousands of people in Southwest Colorado in the dark for hours.Now, The Journal has learned that five fiber line cuts in June affected service for...

DATE: July 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

KSUT radio plans to restart service in Montezuma County

Ignacio-based KSUT announced on Friday that its on-air service to Montezuma County will resume in a few weeks at 106.3 FM after its on-air lease in Cortez and Dolores had been terminated by the...

DATE: July 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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