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🌱 Bears linger in Cortez as officials urge residents to secure trash

Cortez, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Cortez! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Bears linger in Cortez as officials urge residents to secure trash
  • What puts Cortez on Colorado’s affordable retirement list?
  • Cortez enters a wetter outlook for mid-November

Also on today's calendar: Library Advisory Board Meeting and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 65 and low of 25 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 64, low: 27.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 64 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Bear season not over yet: Mother and cubs spotted in Cortez (the-journal.com) — A mother bear and two cubs lingering in Cortez have wildlife officials urging residents to secure trash and other food sources. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is monitoring rather than relocating them for now, hoping that removing easy meals will encourage denning instead of teaching the cubs to keep returning.
   

2. 11 Wallet-Friendly Small Towns To Retire In Colorado (worldatlas.com) — Cortez makes a statewide list of affordable retirement towns, with a typical home value of $342,949 compared with Colorado’s $532,748, according to Zillow figures cited in the guide. Its appeal also includes proximity to Mesa Verde and Canyons of the Ancients, plus free summer dances at the Cortez Cultural Center.
   

3. Wetter Than Normal Pattern Brings Rain and Mountain Snow to Arizona, Utah, and Nevada Including Las Vegas, Flagstaff, and Tucson Through Mid-November (newsbreak.com) — Cortez is included in a broad outlook favoring wetter-than-normal conditions beginning November 14–15 and continuing into the following week. The pattern could bring rain at lower elevations and mountain snow across the Southwest, though the report gives no Cortez-specific precipitation amounts or precise storm timing.
   

4. Making the Grade (coloradogolf.org) — Cortez golfer Thayer Plewe, playing for New Mexico, ranked No. 121 nationally in the Nov. 4 college golf rankings. His placement appears in a statewide fall roundup that also highlights team victories by four Colorado-based programs, with most teams now on a tournament break until February.
   

5. Mancos Public Library to host local news discussion, teen activities and holiday events in November (the-journal.com) — Cortez residents can drop off diapers at their library through Dec. 1 as part of Mancos Public Library’s holiday drive, which needs adult, baby and toddler sizes. In Mancos, an adults-only toy swap Nov. 19–20 lets parents and guardians exchange gently used toys for free, wrapped gifts for their children.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cortez

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★ Featured events ★

    Thursday November 12
  • Movie Night →
    Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St., Cortez
    5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • PRICE REDUCED!
    Now $205,000! Looking for an affordable home right in Cortez? Take a look at 318 N Linden St! This 2-bedroom, 1-bath home offers 925 square feet… (Nextdoor Zetroc / Cortez)
  • The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Mancos. Apply here.
  • United Energy Workers Healthcare posted a job opening for Personal Care Assistant in Mancos, CO in Mancos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cortez here.

Ok Cortez! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Cortez

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