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Piñon kids are given a trip down Dolores River

Nothing kicks off summer vacation better than a free raft trip down the Lower Dolores River. About a dozen kids from Montezuma and Dolores counties got to experience that adventure thanks to a...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores River Festival kicks off summer

Thousands of music fans will descend on Dolores June 10 for the 14th annual Dolores River Festival. The all-day concert at Joe Rowell Park features 11 local and national bands, including headliner...

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Spruce, fir sale designed to combat budworm infestation

A logging sale proposed on the San Juan National Forest north of Dolores is tapping into the spruce and fir market, but is also designed to combat the Western spruce budworm infestation. If...

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Historic homestead restored in Recapture Wash

This month, archaeologists and volunteers helped to stabilize and restore a historic frontier cabin near Blanding, Utah. The Shumway Cabin site, located on the banks of Recapture Wash, is part of...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

How it happened: The firefight at Western Excelsior

Fire officials and dispatches paint a picture of a fast and intense fire at the Western Excelsior plant that smoldered unnoticed in an attic, overwhelmed first responders and strained water...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Canyons of the Ancients group, BLM partner on land projects

After nearly dissolving in February, the Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance has found new life. On Wednesday, the friends group for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and the Bureau of Land...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Galloping Goose museum proposes expansion

The Galloping Goose Society wants to construct a track behind its museum in downtown Dolores to display restored railroad cars. The plan is to lay 80-feet of track, running east-west, and parallel...

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man accused of arson gets plea bargain

A man who was initially charged with burning down a Dolores couple’s home in September agreed to a plea bargain and was sentenced in April to six years in a Montrose community corrections facility,...

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos graduates celebrate special day

Mancos High School sent 31 graduates into the wider world Sunday during a charming ceremony that had a personal touch. Keynote speaker Cathy Epps, a beloved school principal who is recovering from...

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmers find relief in passage of hemp-water bill

The Colorado Legislature passed the hemp bill, SB 117, to protect hemp farmers who use federal water sources for their crop, in May. It recognizes industrial hemp as an agricultural product that a...

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hickenlooper signs hemp bill into law in Cortez

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper stopped in Cortez Sunday to sign a bill protecting hemp farmers who use water stored in federal reservoirs. The bill was introduced in the state Legislature by Sen....

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

First look: New courthouse is on time and on budget

Montezuma County’s new 22nd Judicial District combined courthouse is about 65 percent complete, on budget and on schedule to be completed by August, officials said Friday. The $8.3 million project...

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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