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Phone Number: (970) 564-6034

Dolores, sheriff agree to new contract

There's a new sheriff in town, and with him comes a new contract for Dolores. Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin, a long-time Dolores local and former lawman with the Colorado State Patrol, took...

DATE: Feb. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Budget for boat inspections slashed

The budget for boat inspections at McPhee Reservoir has been cut in half despite a growing risk that a problematic mussel species could infect the water there.The non-native quagga and zebra...

DATE: Feb. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Recreation improves for Dolores

The McPhee Overlook Trail has received a $32,000 construction grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.The 6-mile trail connects Dolores with the House Creek campground and mostly traverses Forest...

DATE: Feb. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Adult dental care grows

An expansion in Medicaid benefits means local low-income adults ages 21 and over will have improved access to dental care at the Montezuma County health department. County Health Director Bobbi...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County seeks OHV travel, solar energy

The Montezuma County Commission is considering an ordinance allowing off-highway vehicles to travel on all county roads. According to a draft ordinance, people operating OHVs on a county road shall...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Whose pipe is it?

Which agency is responsible for a headgate and pipe designed to fill a pond at the head of McPhee Reservoir has been a topic of local research lately. The two-pond system is designed to prevent a...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

County seeks OHV travel, solar energy

The Montezuma County Commission is considering an ordinance allowing off-highway vehicles to travel on all county roads. According to a draft ordinance, people operating OHVs on a county road shall...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

County seeks OHV travel, solar

The Montezuma County Commission is considering an ordinance allowing off-highway vehicles to travel on all county roads. According to a draft ordinance, people operating OHVs on a county road shall...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Canyon is so close, yet so far

People buy property next to public lands assuming they will have private access to a vast backyard of open space and wilderness. But as some neighbors of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Proposal for Lower Dolores criticized

The Montezuma County commission and San Juan Basin Farm Bureau have publicly come out against a fledgling proposal to create a National Conservation Area on the Lower Dolores River. Citing concerns...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McElmo Canyon orchard recognized as endangered place

Growing up in McElmo Canyon in the 1930s and 1940s, Vivienne Kenyon recalls a vibrant scene of commercial fruit farms that attracted customers from near and far. "My dad's orchard was known for its...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

From Dolores to Japan

A Dolores local is on an adventure of a lifetime studying abroad in Nagasaki, Japan. Victoria Stevens, 21, is learning the Japanese culture and language as part of the International Studies program...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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