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Rotary Club, students collaborate in Dolores food giveaway

The Dolores Rotary Club and students from Dolores School District RE-4A delivered their first set of Christmas food baskets to local families. The program was the brainchild of firefighter Jerry...

DATE: Dec. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos basketball team wins thriller over M-CHS

Facing off against Montezuma-Cortez High School Thursday night, the Mancos High School basketball team was not supposed to win. Schools with 125 students are not supposed to defeat schools nearly...

DATE: Dec. 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Players from Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek make all-state teams

With the football season in the rearview mirror, coaches from across the state still had work to do. Reviewing thousands of high school athletes, coaches compiled a list of the top football players...

DATE: Dec. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Veterans support foundation pays Koppenhafer mortgage

Thanks to the help of a veterans and first responders support organization, the mortgage on the home of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer is now fully paid off. Koppenhafer died Aug. 10 in Iraq...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos wrestling team shows promise during GJ Duals

Squaring off against several large schools and some of the state’s top grapplers, the Mancos High School wrestling team held its own during five matches at the Grand Junction Duals on Dec. 14....

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Local grapplers pick up wins at Dawg Fight Invitational

Coming off several tough early season practices, members the Dove Creek High School and Dolores High School wrestling teams took to the mats during the Dawg Fight Invitational tournament in Dove...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Montezuma-Cortez gets into a shootout in Moab

There’s a never-say-die attitude with Montezuma-Cortez boys basketball this year. Down by as many as 19 in the second half, M-CHS pulled within four points in the fourth quarter but couldn’t...

DATE: Dec. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

BLM ranger assists in Cortez-area chase

A BLM ranger assigned to the Tres Rios Field Office responded Nov. 22 to a Colorado State Patrol call for assistance in the pursuit of two suspected car thieves. According to the Durango Police...

DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Ute man sentenced to 23 years for two violent crimes

Wambli Mills, 23, of Towaoc, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to more than 23 years in federal prison after being convicted of sexual assault and pleading guilty to assaulting a police...

DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Opera steering committee to meet

Musical theater lovers are invited to join a steering committee to help plan the comic opera coming to Mancos this spring. Originally a French opera from the 1700s, “The Blacksmith ” is being...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio downs Dolores boys and girls to open league play

DOLORES – Entering the first half of the 2019-20 schedule, first-year head coach Justin Schmitt knew his Bears would have to cut their teeth against a stout schedule. Opening the 2A/1A San Juan...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Mancos soars past Dove Creek in league opener

Opening its season in front of a spirited crowd in its newly renovated home gym, the Mancos High School boys basketball team looked every bit the part of a state title contender while coasting to a...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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