TDRs preserve water, ag land

Residents and Montezuma County commissioners currently are debating setbacks, but another part of the Dolores Valley Plan is commercial and residential density controls managed under a transferable...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Personal property, mobile home taxes due Sept. 11

Montezuma County Treasurer Sherry Dyess reminds property owners that Sept. 11, by 3 p.m., is the deadline to pay 2012 mobile home and personal property taxes before they are published as...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dolores takes a hard look upstream

Dolores is drawing up a emergency action plan to handle potential pollution sources into the Dolores River. The watershed protection plan is a non-binding education effort designed to prevent risks...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Hunting lesson

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Empire issues capital credits

Many Empire Electric Association, Inc. members have something to look forward to on their August bills. EEA's financial performance once again makes it possible to make a general refund of capital...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

West Nile virus reported in horse in county

State officials have received the first reported equine case of West Nile virus this year. The case was diagnosed Aug. 14 in a 3-month-old colt from Montezuma County. The transmission of the West...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Community Calendar

People are encouraged to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Heritage Center is treasure trove of history

An underground bunker filled with well-organized artifacts from a bygone era hides beneath the main galleries of the Anasazi Heritage Center. Special curator tours are now available to take a peek...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Community Calendar

The Dolores Star encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@doloresstar.com. Items submitted less than two weeks in...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Sparsely financed

Last year, the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument received $2.40 per acre in federal funding. Mesa Verde National Park, in comparison, obtained more than $30.50 per acre. With upwards of...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

'Stewards of our shared cultural history'

The Bureau of Land Management's Anasazi Heritage Center will celebrate its 25th birthday with a series of special events and speakers from Aug. 24 to 27. The Anasazi Heritage Center opened in 1988...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Commission may loosen valley limits

Eighty local residents attended a special Montezuma County Planning Commission meeting Tuesday to give input on proposed changes to the Dolores Valley Plan. The review of the 10-year old plan is a...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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