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Dolores Community Center struggles with repairs

The Dolores Community Center requested funding assistance from the Dolores Town Board last week to help cover needed repairs. “We’ve taken a hit all at once on building repairs and maintenance. Any...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajos have different perspective on night sky

When the Navajo people, or Diné, look to the stars, they have a different perspective than non natives, with traditions reaching to ancient times.Utah resident Von Del Chamberlain, a renowned...

DATE: Oct. 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Learning Center focuses on medical, industrial trades

The Unlimited Learning Center in Cortez has revamped its adult education program to focus on the industrial trades in addition to its career training in the medical fields. To boost enrollment and...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Noise at Kinder Morgan pumping plant irks neighbor

Five years ago, Tom Hayden and his wife bought a retirement home in quiet, rural area near Pleasant View. What the couple could not have known is that energy-company giant Kinder Morgan Inc. would...

DATE: Oct. 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores locals line up for giveaway of flourishing salmon

Lurking in McPhee Reservoir are schools of kokanee salmon who have been tricked by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in order to make it to your dinner table. Raised as small fry in a fish hatchery on...

DATE: Oct. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

State exercises claim to river water to benefit McPhee

An infrequent “administrative call” on the Dolores River by the Colorado Water Conservation Board is preventing two creeks from filling Groundhog Reservoir until Nov. 1. The call was initiated to...

DATE: Oct. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores continues ban on pot sales

The Dolores Town Board has continued the ban on retail marijuana shops by a vote of 5-2. The pot-sales prohibition ordinance, enacted in 2014, was extended two years, until Dec. 31, 2018, to allow...

DATE: Oct. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

BLM presents plan to save Gunnison sage grouse

Dove Creek — Since 2014, when the Gunnison sage grouse was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, farmers, ranchers, and oil and gas companies have braced for new federal polices to...

DATE: Oct. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lt. American Horse honored as BIA retires his badge

Lt. Dale American Horse made history with his compassionate service while patrolling the Ute Mountain tribe for the past 25 years.And when he retired from the force on Oct. 14, the Bureau of Indian...

DATE: Oct. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Onward offers grants, scholarships

The Onward! Foundation is seeking applicants for its grant program that benefits local nonprofits. The organization is offering grants from $500 to $2,500, with an application deadline of Oct. 31....

DATE: Oct. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Site of spring McPhee fish die-off is repaired

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has stepped up to repair a forgotten headgate and inlet pipe designed to fill two retainment ponds on the edge of McPhee Reservoir near Dolores.The system is designed...

DATE: Oct. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores students get hands-on taste of restaurant business

Dolores third-graders got into the restaurant business this week, fixing and serving freshly prepared meals from the school garden to hungry crowds. The Bear Café sprang to life at the Dolores...

DATE: Oct. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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