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• Cortez Chamber expands Ambassador program

The Chamber Ambassador Program is part of the Cortez Area Chamber’s business outreach efforts. Ambassadors help contribute to the overall economic...

• Chamber of Commerce holds Business After Hours

The next Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours, hosted by the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market Street, will be on Thursday, Feb.



• Dolores State Bank donates land for community center

The Dolores State Bank recently donated land to the Lewis Arriola Community Center.

• Baker Sanitation rolls out commercial recycling program

Baker Sanitation Incorporated (BSI) has begun offering corrugated cardboard recycling services to its commercial customers and is providing recycling...



• It’s a sign of the times — SOLD!

Montezuma County Realtors held an open house for economic growth last year with residential property sales that busted through the roof.



• New used furniture store opens in Mancos

Lil’ Bit Used Furniture store had their grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 21. The store is located across from the Old Mancos Inn, in the lower level.



• Economist: Cortez stuck in recession until 2015

Unless something drastic happens, Montezuma County won’t see real, per capita income rise back to pre-recession levels until 2015 — at the earliest,...



• Salvation Army support



• La Casita — the newest Mexican cuisine eatery

Yes, it’s another Mexican restaurant in Cortez, but La Casita’s kitchen has been bustling ever since it opened its doors on Thursday, Jan. 5.



• Old Mancos Times building getting some TLC

Chris Wilbur, of Wilbur Engineering in Durango, is in the process of restoring the old building that sits at the end of Mesa Street, near Fahrenheit...