The Montezuma County commissioners are continuing their effort to assert management rights of historic trails and roads on federal lands, and are also considering raising the budget to pave more...

Hundreds of people attended the Dolores Harvest Festival Saturday. The expanded all-day event organized by the Dolores Chamber of Commerce featured fresh produce, competition events, a car show,...

McPhee Reservoir has strong carryover supply going into the 2020 irrigation season, and even a below-average winter snowfall will refill it, officials say. This winter’s above-average snowpack...

Fire crews on Friday mopped up a wildfire that broke out Thursday morning south of Dolores, said Dolores Fire Chief Mike Zion. The 2-acre Lost Canyon Fire torched trees and created spot fires in...

The Journal publishes local restaurant inspection reports provided monthly by the Montezuma County Health Department. Unannounced inspections are conducted for restaurants, school, hospital and...

Local fire agencies are battling a 2-acre wildfire south of Dolores and east of County Road 30. About 25 firefighters are working to contain the Lost Canyon Fire, said Dolores Fire Chief Mike Zion....

The sentencing phase of a wide-reaching illegal marijuana farm and distribution network that included operations in Montezuma County has begun. From Rifle to Grand Junction and Cortez to Denver,...

The folk-blues fusion of Suitcase Junket and singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton will fill the music hall of the Dolores River Brewery Oct. 5 beginning at 8 p.m. The talented duo are bona fide musical...

Residents, and national and state officials met last week at the Dolores Public Lands Office to discuss proposals for new trails near the Dolores River and McPhee Reservoir. Trail concepts were...

On Nov. 5, Rico residents will decide whether to raise property taxes to build the town’s first central sewer system. To pay for the $4.2 million project, the town proposes taking a $3 million,...

Local elections are on the horizon for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Montezuma County and Colorado. On Oct. 11, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will elect a tribal chairman and three council members. On...