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Federal land management favors native fish

What happens on the Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir is always closely monitored by the Dolores Water Conservancy District board and its general manager. That’s because federal land management...

DATE: Nov. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute, Navajos struggle with diabetes

TOWAOC — From Cortez to Shiprock, N.M., Durango to Monticello, Utah, native Americans sit in hospitals and health centers receiving kidney dialysis at a higher rate than non-Indians. That is the...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

A new roadside draw

Dolores is sporting some new agricultural yard art, courtesy of Mayor Val Truelsen. An early 20th century International Harvester Hay Press has found a new home next to the old Dolores Star office...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Pleasant View author lands first book deal

When Briana Vedsted, 20, isn't working for her parents' Pleasant View ranch, she is spinning tales about the Old West, a habit she picked up as a child that has led to her first book deal....

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Phil's World plans face BLM impact study

A plan to expand Phil's World, a popular mountain bike park near Cortez, is undergoing environmental and cultural resource studies by the BLM. After a year-and-a-half on the shelf, a proposal by...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Landowner accused of letting company dump waste on land

Colorado regulators are accusing a Montezuma County landowner of allowing use of an agricultural field for dumping industrial wastes without a valid access permit. In a Oct. 30 letter to Wallace...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Federal land plan favors native fish

What happens on the Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir is always closely monitored by the Dolores Water Conservancy District board and its general manager. That's because federal land management...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

New beetle killing ponderosa pine

A migrating bug is finding the pine trees and drier climate in Southwest Colorado more appetizing, a cause of concern for public land officials. The round mountain pine beetle has landed on a...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Phil's World growth plan faces review

A plan to expand Phil's World, a popular mountain bike park near Cortez, is undergoing environmental and cultural resource studies by the BLM. After a year-and-a-half on the shelf, a proposal by...

DATE: Nov. 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Drier climate invites invasive beetle

A migrating bug is finding the pine trees and drier climate in Southwest Colorado more appetizing, a cause of concern for public land officials. The round mountain pine beetle has landed on a...

DATE: Nov. 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pleasant View author lands deal

When Briana Vedsted, 20, isn’t working for her parents’ Pleasant View ranch, she is spinning tales about the Old West, a habit she picked up as a child that has led to her first book deal....

DATE: Nov. 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Phil’s World growth plan faces review

A plan to expand Phil’s World, a popular mountain bike park near Cortez, is undergoing environmental and cultural resource studies by the BLM. After a year-and-a-half on the shelf, a proposal by...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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