Bittersweet finale for Dolores football team

It was a bittersweet ending to the 2016 season for the Dolores Bears football team. Hosting the Monte Vista Pirates (5-4, 4-1 Southern Peaks League) last Friday, the Bears fell 55-19 to the...

DATE: Nov. 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Montezuma County voters turning in ballots early

The election buzz is reaching frenzied levels with the main crescendo still to come, reports Montezuma County Clerk Kim Percell.As of Wednesday morning, 5,846 ballots of the 16,000 ballots that...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Conservation easement protects sage grouse habitat

As the Bureau of Land Management works to protect the threatened Gunnison Sage Grouse in southwest Colorado, so are private landowners who are establishing conservation easements in the bird’s...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rio Lado creek is seen as test case for water rights

Rio Lado Creek north of Dolores has been tagged as part of an in-stream flow pilot project by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and San Juan National Forest. The remote creek, which flows into...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community Calendar

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DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Community Calendar

Dolores Community Center struggles with repairs

The Dolores Community Center requested funding assistance from the Dolores Town Board last week to help cover needed repairs. “We’ve taken a hit all at once on building repairs and maintenance. Any...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Blue Jays take fifth at state

After winning the Class 2A Region 4 Championship last week, the Mancos Blue Jays finished fifth at the Class 2A Cross-Country State Championships on Saturday in Colorado Springs. The Jays were led...

DATE: Oct. 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Community Calendar

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DATE: Oct. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Community Calendar

Area football teams finish at home

After suffering losses on the road last week, the Montezuma-Cortez and Dolores football teams will finish their seasons at home on Friday. Mancos wraps things up on its home turf on Saturday, and...

DATE: Oct. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Work closes Colorado 184 for a week beginning Sunday

A full road closure will begin Sunday, Oct. 30 on Colorado Highway 184 about 1 mile east from the U.S. Highway 491 junction. The closure is expected to last through Sunday, Nov. 6. The Colorado...

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

Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek enter postseason

After finishing out the regular season last week, San Juan Basin League volleyball teams have entered postseason play. The Dove Creek Lady Bulldogs were the first team in action, sweeping Ouray on...

DATE: Oct. 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores locals line up for giveaway of flourishing salmon

Lurking in McPhee Reservoir are schools of kokanee salmon who have been tricked by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in order to make it to your dinner table. Raised as small fry in a fish hatchery on...

DATE: Oct. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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