To prevent losing a key restoration grant for the historic McElmo Flume, Montezuma County commissioners agreed to loan $8,000 toward a required match. In November, the Colorado Historical Society...

What if there were an outbreak of a deadly, highly contagious disease in Montezuma County? Getting life-saving treatment would be the first priority. So to test the logistics of distributing...

A Naturita company that supplies a road-dust suppressant to Montezuma County produced from oil and gas drilling has fallen out of compliance with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment....

The beats of reggae, funk and rock ’n’ roll reverberated off the canyon walls as thousands of music fans lounged in the sun or hit the dance floor during the Dolores River Festival Saturday. By...

After recommending approval for a Kinder Morgan carbon dioxide well and a rezoning request for the Empire Electric Association, the Montezuma County planning commission had an in-depth discussion...

Frequent dry spells have motivated McPhee Reservoir managers to create a draft drought contingency plan, and they have extended the public comment period. Since 2000, drought conditions left the...

The Tres Rios office of the Bureau of Land Management and Montezuma County are working to clarify access issues to 1,200 acres of public lands south of Summit Lake. The land is hemmed in by...

The Dolores District of the San Juan National Forest is proposing a robust plan for prescribed fires to reduce overgrown forests brought on by a century of ill-advised fire-suppression management....

The environmental activist group Great Old Broads for Wilderness has started a new chapter in Montezuma County. The national organization, based in Durango, has 36 chapters – mostly in the Western...

The Dolores Public Library is looking for a new director after a recent hire unexpectedly quit. Former director Virginia Mattingly left the library in May after just five months on the job. “It was...

The Dolores River below McPhee dam has boatable flows again after a brief hiatus to fill the reservoir.Flows between 800 and 1,200 cubic feet per second are expected through Sunday, and could...