Position: Journal staff writer

Email: jmimiaga@the-journal.com

Phone Number: (970) 564-6034

A grand opening

About 80 people gathered at the newly expanded Dolores School campus during a grand opening last week. Superintendent Scott Cooper thanked the citizens for funding $3.47 million of the $7 million...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

McElmo orchard recognized as endangered place

Growing up in McElmo Canyon in the 1930s and 1940s, Vivienne Kenyon recalls a vibrant scene of commercial fruit farms that attracted customers from near and far. "My dad's orchard was known for its...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Fire prevention focuses on wildland-urban interface

The Anasazi Heritage Center is in the midst of a snowstorm, perfect conditions for a recent prescribed fire. The falling snow and little wind allow BLM fire specialists to safely burn debris piles...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McElmo orchard recognized as endangered place

Growing up in McElmo Canyon in the 1930s and 1940s, Vivienne Kenyon recalls a vibrant scene of commercial fruit farms that attracted customers from near and far. “My dad’s orchard was known for its...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

District has Kinder Morgan funds

The Re-1 school district owes the bulk of a tax refund to energy giant Kinder Morgan. Superintendent Alex Carter said the school has reserves to pay back the $942,000, “but it would wipe us out and...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A gentler roundup

Wild horse advocate TJ Holmes is hiking for hours and hours through Disappointment Valley, north of Dolores, with a specialized dart gun. She is searching for specific mares targeted to receive a...

DATE: Feb. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kinder Morgan wins $2M tax case

The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled against Montezuma County in a tax assessment challenged by Kinder Morgan CO2 Company. The Jan. 29 decision overturns a lower court ruling that upheld...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Landowners report on Kinder Morgan impact

Autopsies and Kinder Morgan construction issues were dealt with at Monday's Montezuma County commission meeting. Coroner George Deavers presented a proposal to make Montezuma County a central hub...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Students want recess, music, chocolate milk

We've all got problems and issues, even elementary and junior-high school students. And while they may seem trivial to adults, the Dolores School board knows they are just as important. For a...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Fire prevention focuses on wildland-urban interface

The Anasazi Heritage Center is in the midst of a snowstorm, perfect conditions for a recent prescribed fire. The falling snow and little wind allow BLM fire specialists to safely burn debris piles...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Canyon is so close, yet so far

People buy property next to public lands assuming they will have private access to a vast backyard of open space and wilderness. But as some neighbors of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

A gentler roundup

Wild horse advocate TJ Holmes is hiking for hours and hours through Disappointment Valley, north of Dolores, with a specialized dart gun. She is searching for specific mares targeted to receive a...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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