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Lightning fire in San Juan Forest grows to 75 acres

Fire crews continue to patrol and hold containment lines on the 412 Fire in the Ryman Creek area of the Dolores Ranger District about seven miles south of Rico, according to a news release from the...

DATE: June 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Athlete headed to his seventh Cortez Burst Triathlon

Before the sun rises this Fourth of July, Farmington resident David Montoya will climb into his vehicle and travel roughly 70 miles to compete in the Cortez Burst Triathlon for the seventh time in...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Catching up with Adam State runner Ro Paschal

From 2012 until 2016, Ro Paschal excelled on the court, along the trails, and on the track as a member of Mancos High School’s basketball, cross-country and track teams. As a result of his athletic...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores man ticketed on County Road P for burn pile

A landowner on the 23000 block of County Road P was ticketed Thursday by the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office for an illegal burn pile. A passerby reported the blaze about 2 p.m., and the Cortez...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Groundhog plans fishing tournament, dance for July Fourth

Groundhog Lake will celebrate the Fourth of July on the weekend of July 1-2. On July 1, there will be a horseshoe tournament from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a evening bonfire and dance with a DJ from...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos plans fireworks, potluck for July Fourth

Mancos will celebrate Independence Day with a fireworks display that will begin on July 4 at dusk at Boyle Park. Sunset on July 4 is expected to be about 8:37 p.m. on July 4. Before the fireworks,...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

House Creek boat ramp extends hours for holiday

To help accommodate boaters at McPhee Reservoir, the invasive species inspection station for the House Creek boat ramp will extend its hours of operation over the coming holiday weekend. The House...

DATE: June 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff Blotter

Thursday, June 22 8:42 a.m. : A man was issued a summons in the 29000 block of County Road P.5 on suspicion of third-degree criminal trespassing after a man and a woman claimed he had been lying...

DATE: June 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chinese artists Huihan and Weizhen showing paintings in Mancos

The Veryl Goodnight Gallery in Mancos hosts the works of impressionist painters Huihan Liu and Weizhen Liang, who received their training in Western art while living in China. The couple’s work...

DATE: June 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

San Juan National Forest closing Calico Trail temporarily

The San Juan National Forest will maintain a temporary closure on 4 miles of the Calico Trail (Forest Trail No. 208) from its northernmost trailhead where the trail intersects Forest Road No. 471,...

DATE: June 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

McPhee Reservoir experiences big gain in traffic

McPhee Reservoir is seeing increased use this summer because of decreased opportunities for motorized boating on other Southwest Colorado reservoirs that have been closed to guard against the...

DATE: June 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Classmates finish first, second in Mancos half-marathon

Sydney Gidabuday, of Adams State, won the Mancos Cowboy Half-Marathon on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 25 minutes, 9.69 seconds. He edged out schoolmate Ro Paschal, a Mancos High School graduate,...

DATE: June 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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