Quilt crazy

A record number of people walked through the doors of the Dolores Community Center Friday and Saturday to see a record number of quilts hanging at the Dolores Mountain Quilters Quilt Show. "It was...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Forgotten pipe could remedy mudflats

In the early 1980s, before McPhee Reservoir was completed and filled, Dolores prepared to become a lakeside community. Realizing that fluctuating lake levels would create a large mudflat outside...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

River Talk: Firefighters get wet for ALS cause

The Dolores Volunteer Fire Department dumped a lot of water this week, but it wasn't on fire - it was on each other's heads.Many volunteers with the fire department took part in the ALS Ice Buck...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

School board adopts vision statement

The Dolores School Board of Education adopted a new vision statement, a new mission statement and a new set of goals on Aug. 14 in an attempt to start the new school year on the right track....

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Sneak peek

There were lots of oohs and aahs Thursday as the Dolores School Board of Education got a personal tour of the $7 million construction at the Dolores schools. "This will be a whole lot better...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dove Creek braces for grouse decision

Dove Creek - Residents of Dolores County showed up in force during an Aug. 7 meeting with federal land managers to resist listing the beleaguered Gunnison sage grouse under the Endangered Species...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Activists seek county control of U.S. routes

A public-access group wants the Montezuma County Commission to assert jurisdiction over all roads within the county including those on BLM land, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and the...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

The making of a masterpiece

By Shannon Livick The Dolores Star The hum of sewing machines filled the banquet room behind the Ponderosa Restaurant Tuesday morning as a small group of women concentrated on making masterpieces....

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

McPhee increases water for farmers

The Dolores Water Conservancy District, operators of McPhee Reservoir, announced Aug. 14 that additional irrigation water will be available to farmers. Farmers now have access to up to 28 inches of...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Fire up your dreams

There is a new kid on the block in Dolores, and this die-hard motorhead has the mechanical and fabrication know-how beyond his years. Steven Hurst, owner of Kool Kids Kustom, recently opened his...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dolores dog team locates lost boy in forest

K-9 Search and Rescue, out of Dolores, were successful in finding a missing 10-year-old boy in the Rio Grande National Forest on Friday, Aug. 15. The boy, only identified at Ian, from Texas, was...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Canyon song

There is a composer in the canyons this week listening and watching for musical inspiration. Music professor Bill Pfaff has been chosen for the artist-in-residence program at Canyons of the...

DATE: Aug. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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