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Phone Number: (970) 564-6034

Cortez Library hires new leader

The Cortez Library has hired a new director. Eric Ikenouye, 38, took over the reins this week, arriving from managing libraries in Salt Lake City. “After exploring this area, my fiancé and I...

DATE: June 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Utes awarded EPA funds for landfill cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has been awarded $200,000 grant to clean up an abandoned landfill on the outskirts of Towaoc. The grant...

DATE: June 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Monument eagles fitted with transmitters

This summer juvenile Golden Eagles in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument will be fitted with transmitter backpacks for satellite monitoring. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau...

DATE: June 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Buried village

Arriving at Yucca House National Monument leaves a lot to the imagination. But that’s half the fun of visiting this unexcavated ruin that keeps its secrets from when it was a thriving village 800...

DATE: May 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

12-hour trial ends in acquittal

After a 12-hour trial, a Dolores jury took 10 minutes last Thursday night to hand down a not-guilty verdict for a man charged with disorderly conduct. It was the first trial in Dolores in 20 years....

DATE: May 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Planning director Carver resigns

Montezuma County planning director Susan Carver suddenly resigned last week for unexplained reasons. Carver has been at the helm of the department since 2006, overseeing county development through...

DATE: May 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

FLC, Southwest offer courses at Dolores High School

At Dolores high school, some highly-motivated students are in college before they even graduate. And when students in the Concurrent Enrollment Program do graduate, they've already earned...

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Who's pictured?

Recognize anyone in this photo? Taken in 1938 or 1939, the photo is of students in front of the gym at the old Washington School in Dolores. The school used to be on Sixth Street where the Dolores...

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Coal ash storage a concern at power plant

A new report released by the Sierra Club is critical of coal-ash storage facilities and expansion plans at the Four Corners Power Plant, located on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The report,...

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

12-hour trial ends quickly in acquittal

After a 12-hour trial, a Dolores jury took 10 minutes Thursday evening to hand down a not-guilty verdict for a man charged with disorderly conduct. It was the first trial in Dolores in 20 years....

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Self-guided tour offered for school project

The Dolores School district has released a brochure for a self-guided tour of the campus upgrade. "We felt the public deserved a more detailed look at the project they helped pay for," said...

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Coalition makes ground on war with tamarisk

A coalition of land managers, ecologists, and young adults have been slowly eradicating invasive plant species on the Lower Dolores River the last five years. On the frontlines is the Dolores River...

DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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