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Position: Dolores Star Editor
Susan Merillat grinned Wednesday as she stood inside her new shop.I am so excited and grateful to be back home in Dolores, she said.Merillat is in the process of opening her salon in Dolores and...
DATE: July 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News
On a crisp Monday morning Gerrie and Rick Goodall pointed out young tomato plants, cucumbers and apple trees to a group of people on their Dolores farm.This is a third-generation apple orchard,...
DATE: July 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The thick plume of smoke could be seen across Montezuma County last Friday as the Weber Fire took off just after 4 p.m. At the base of that fire, firefighters worked hard to contain the wall of...
DATE: June 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Medical marijuana retail stores will be banned in Dolores for two years, following a 5-2 vote by the town council.Town officials cited overwhelming bureaucratic red tape and the possibility that...
DATE: June 25, 2012 | CATEGORY: Business
For the first time in 60 years, all seven of the famous silver Galloping Geese were gathered togehter, a move to fascinate railroad buffs from around the world.The Galloping Goose No. 5, which...
DATE: June 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Living
A silver dog bowl sat empty and alone at the National Search and Rescue Conference last week in Lake Tahoe. Beside it were empty dinner place settings of search and rescue personnel who had lost...
DATE: June 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Living
Dry weather and warmer-than-normal conditions have led Dolores River Festival organizers to a tough decision — no free raft rides.As part of the festival, in its ninth year, the public is offered...
DATE: June 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Thirty years ago, Jim Everin stepped onto the campus of Dolores High School wearing his trademark shorts and tennis shoes as the physical education teacher.He made students run, lift weights and...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Heather Narwid, of Dolores, loves art.Her love for art shows in everything she does, especially inside the walls of her store, Sideshow Emporium and Gallery, 411 Central Ave. in Dolores.The store...
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
DOLORES Sixteen-year-old Nick Martinez stood next to the freezing and fast Dolores River recently, held his breath and jumped.Downstream, about a dozen of his classmates at Southwest Open School...
DATE: May 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education
Thomas Wolfe loves rivers. He couldnt stop grinning as he readied his small rafting shop to open today in Dolores last week.This is a dream come true for me, Wolfe said.Wolfe, along with...
DATE: May 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Business
Parents lined up recently to register their students for kindergarten, an end-of-year tradition that typically draws many parents.But school officials were happy to see that it drew many more...
DATE: April 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education
