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Dolores library hosts ‘Winter Tales’

The Dolores Public Library is launching “Winter Tales,” a new series featuring presentations by Dolores adventurers, musicians, naturalists, and poets. The talks will take place on Thursdays at...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Christmas dinner served, delivered to homes in storm

Fresh snow blanketed Cortez on Christmas morning as hundreds turned up to enjoy a traditional holiday meal at the Montezuma County annex.Attendance for walk-ins was down a bit this year because of...

DATE: Dec. 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter storm alerts are extended into Saturday

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning until 9 a.m. Saturday for the San Juan and Abajo Mountains, and a winter storm advisory for lower elevations until 6 p.m. Friday. In...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Monticello’s $126 million wind farm nears startup

MONTICELLO – A $126 million wind farm is nearing completion in southeast Utah and will begin generating power within days. The Latigo Wind Farm Project is owned and built by Sustainable Power Group...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos, factory work on emissions

The town of Mancos and wood-products factory Western Excelsior are have formed a community committee to analyze emission impacts. Participants include Town Administrator Andrea Phillips and Mancos...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mayoral, five trustee seats up for grabs

Five trustee positions for the Mancos town board, plus the mayor, are up for grabs in the April 5 mail-ballot election. The terms for mayor Rachel Simbeck and trustees Mathew Baskin and Will Stone...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Storm boosts snowpack for McPhee Reservoir

McPhee Reservoir, the Dolores Water Conservancy District, and its farmers are getting a double dose of holiday cheer. Snowpack is piling up early in the San Juan Mountains, the best start to winter...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores a holiday light show

Anchored by its trademark “Peace On Earth” sign on the hillside, Dolores doesn’t disappoint when it comes to holiday lighting. Again this year, again residents and the town got into the spirit,...

DATE: Dec. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Search for missing snowmobiler at Groundhog Reservoir is suspended

The Dolores County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that recovery operations for Ronald Wallace, Jr. have been suspended. Wallace, 37, was on a snowmobile trip at Grooundhog Reservoir on Sunday, Dec....

DATE: Dec. 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County reports $13M reserve

The 2016 Montezuma County budget is projected at $38.8 million, but that number is misleading. Included in that figure is $12.2 million that social services receives from the state, and $2.2...

DATE: Dec. 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drilling limited in Montezuma County

At a public workshop last week, Montezuma County gave a tutorial on oil and gas development in the area and heard from residents on the matter. The meeting centered on a Bureau of Land Management...

DATE: Dec. 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores students build toys for kids

Dane Gallagher’s woodshop class became Santa’s workshop the past month or so in Dolores. Sixty-six students took on an assignment to build a wooden toy each to be given as Christmas gifts for the...

DATE: Dec. 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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