Tyler Weir: Runnin’ down a dream

From Lewis, Colorado to Brookings, South Dakota – Tyler Weir is chasing his dreams. After moving through Lewis-Arriola Elementary and Dolores Middle School, he attended Dolores High School for...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Montezuma County agrees to adopt historic Bedrock bridge

Durango has the notorious Bridge to Nowhere. Montezuma County may soon have a historic bridge to somewhere else. The Colorado Department of Transportation has offered to donate to the county a...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Amid suicides, it is our responsibility to reach out

It is true. The holidays can be a hard, stressful time for many. Darkness, cold weather, solitude or forced closeness with relatives, pressures around gift-giving and a myriad other winter...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Dolores school dispute escalates into email clash

A flap over electronic equipment owned by a former student at Dolores Schools was laid bare in an email chain distributed to parents this week.Last school year, the technically savvy student was...

DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Clothesline Project honors female violence victims in Dolores

Shirts hung up in front of the Second Chance Thrift Store in Dolores on Friday were brightly colored, but the stories written on them were even more striking. The demonstration was part of the...

DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wool, leather shop opens in Dolores

A Dolores couple has opened a new shop featuring hand-crafted wool clothing and custom wood and leather products. Red Tail Creations, located at 501 Central Ave., is housed in the old JJ Harris...

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

Rico-West Dolores trail plan is delayed

A final decision on a much anticipated management plan for recreation trails in the Rico-West Dolores region of the San Juan National Forest has been delayed until spring, forest officials...

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

San Juan league honors 3 local volleyball players

The San Juan Basin League recognized three area volleyball players after the 2016 season. Mancos senior Nicole Hess and Dolores junior Josie Majors were each named to the SJBL all-conference second...

DATE: Nov. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores hopes to send four wrestlers to state

Without a single senior on last year’s squad, the Dolores Bears are returning an experienced group of wrestlers for the 2016-17 season. Led by last season’s only state qualifier Brandon Ward, head...

DATE: Nov. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Lewis-Arriola fifth-graders embrace recycling

When Lewis-Arriola teacher Alison Robinson sees garbage, she sees creative opportunity and a chance to teach about the virtues of recycling. She passed that lesson on to her fifth-grade class this...

DATE: Nov. 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Missing hunter from Mancos is found unharmed

A missing hunter being sought by Dolores County and Rico Fire search and rescue crews was found Monday evening, reports the Dolores County sheriff’s office. The man, whose name was not released,...

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

M-CHS’s Kibel and Wolf wrap up college season in Texas

Former Montezuma-Cortez soccer players Nichole Kibel and Gabby Wolf concluded their freshman soccer season at West Texas A&M earlier this month. Kibel, a 2015 Dolores graduate, trained with the...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: More Sports

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