County joins Lands Council

This month, the Montezuma County commissioners voted to support the American Lands Council, whose mission is to transfer federal land to the states. They county agreed to pay dues of $1,000 per...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

USDA proposes rule to close Farm Bill loophole

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a proposed rule to limit farm payments to non-farmers, consistent with requirements Congress mandated in the 2014 Farm Bill. The proposed rule...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Texas man jailed in pot bust

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but a Texan has learned that selling it on the black market will land you behind bars. Aaron Barnhart, 21, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced March 19 to 45 days in the...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

If you kill Bigfoot, prepare to be prosecuted

If California-based paranormal experts do succeed in killing Bigfoot - the possible Silverton resident - local law enforcement promises to throw the book at them. Earlier this month, the three...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Local ad rep joins the Star

A departed local has returned home to Dolores for a fresh start in the newspaper business. Marketing expert Colleen Donley was recently hired by the Cortez Journal advertising department, which...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Ertel strives to deal with rise in cremations

Like many others, the funeral industry is undergoing a sea change as consumer demands have shifted with the times. People not only have less money to spend on a funeral in a post-recession economy...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Firefighters of the Year

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Fire tears through Summit Lake garage

A garage fire that started around 10 this morning at a Summit Lake subdivision home has temporarily displaced a Mancos family, and law enforcement crews are working to pinpoint the exact cause. ...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dolores gets new principal

A science teacher at Cortez Middle School has been tapped as the new principal for Dolores elementary school. Gary Livick, 45, will be handed the baton from principal Sherri Maxwell, who is...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Range specialist offers grazing tips at Ag Expo

Range specialist Lindsay Jones, of Ignacio, shared information on how to improve your pasture. She's a graduate student at Colorado State University researching livestock forage. "Grazing is the...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Managers: Drought could go 15 years

Today's snow will soon be used to irrigate farms, but it won't be enough for a bumper crop. Water managers at the Ag Expo explained water issues through the lens of a drought that's lingered in the...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Do you know where your livestock are?

Ongoing drought, which has made rangeland less hospitable, and other factors have reduced the number of cattle and sheep that currently graze in the San Juan National Forest. The declining numbers...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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