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County wins $2M for court

Montezuma County has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help consolidate its court systems. The county is the last in the state to have separate county...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dolores adds boat rentals

Dolores is adding a new boat-rental business. Doc's Outdoor Sports and Recreation is renting the old Forest Service yard from Dolores on the east end of town on Colorado 145. Owner Stan Folsom...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Chicken Creek conflict also affects Dolores

Conflicts between cross-country skiers and snow bikes have prompted some suggestions on their use from the San Juan National Forest.And some of that advice could shift the conflict to the Dolores...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Chicken Creek conflict

Conflicts between cross-country skiers and snow bikes have prompted some suggestions on their use from the San Juan National Forest. Snow bikes, also called fat-tire bikes, utilize oversize tires...

DATE: Jan. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Ski Lizard Head

The perfectly groomed trails laid down by the Telluride Nordic Association are ready for cross-country skiers at Lizard Head Pass, Trout Lake, and Priest Lake. TNA maintains a daily corduroy...

DATE: Jan. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Native modernism

For muralist Aidan Ashley, the massacre at Wounded Knee on the Lakota Reservation is misrepresented in history.His striking four-panel mural displayed at the Anasazi Heritage Center tries to set...

DATE: Jan. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

First baby of the year in Cortez comes early

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to Annie Jo Kathryn Lake, the first baby born in 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital.Parents Chris and Tiffanie Lake, of Cortez, had a premonition they would be in...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Civil Air Patrol seeks recruits

Young people interested in learning aeronautics, emergency services, and leadership skills are invited to join the Civil Air Patrol. The Mesa Verde cadet squadron recently secured a regular meeting...

DATE: Jan. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Expanding horizons

For two months, Dashell Meredith-Wilson, of Cortez, taught English to students in the remote Chiang Rai province of Thailand, and then in Ho-Chi-Minh, Vietnam, as a member of The International...

DATE: Jan. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County awarded $2M for justice center

Montezuma County has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help consolidate its court systems. The county is the last in the state to have separate county...

DATE: Jan. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McPhee management comes with a price

The costs of maintaining recreation facilities at McPhee reservoir are significant, a burden Montezuma County would inherit if it gains ownership, according to a report from the U.S. Forest...

DATE: Jan. 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County plans hub for recycling

Montezuma County is exploring the possibility of expanding recycling opportunities for county residents. In its plan to become a recycling hub for the Four Corners, the county met with local...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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