Community Calendar

Thursday, Sept. 10 Join the Chamber of Commerce for food, drinks and community at our Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m.…

Enjoy and preserve the month’s bounty

Last night was purely wonderful! My supper consisted of two cobs of roasted sweet corn, milk, slices of orange and…

Gail in the Garden: The importance of trees in your life

Then we planted a weeping cherry tree. It was a tiny wisp of a thing that our son helped to…

Center for Independence welcomes two coordinators

Southwest Center for Independence welcomes two new Independent Living Coordinators to its Cortez office. SWCI helps people with disabilities who…

Civil Air Patrol joins exercise

The Civil Air Patrol's Cortez Senior Squadron practiced aerial search and rescue skills last weekend at the Cortez airport.Darrin Guilbeau/Contributed…

Mrs. Colorado pageant seeks contestant from Montezuma County

The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is accepting applications from married women to represent Montezuma County as a state finalist on…

Street sign wording a key to safety

Precise verbiage means safer commutes for cyclists, motorists

County dentist serves 290

Medicaid expansion helps locals

CSU researching hemp in secluded test plot

12 varieties of hemp researched

River dog

Woody jumps into the Dolores River for a ball thrown by James Carney. Carney was playing fetch with his two…

Faces in the Crowd: The Archer

80 Years Ago

from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 13, 1935

40 Years Ago

from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 12, 1975.

BLM plans burns near Dove Creek

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office announced this week that the prescribed burns would treat 509 acres…

Food Market, Elks team up for food backpacks for vets

A $2,000 Beacon grant from the National Elks Foundation enables the local lodge to offer a “food backpack” to Montezuma…

El Niño threatens to pack a punch

'Bruce Lee' could bring snowstorms, to Southwest Colorado this winter

Nowlin wraps up river case

Boater's injury unintentional, sheriff tells advocates

Cortez, Dolores, Mancos papers will combine into The Journal

Our local journalists and advertising representatives want to improve your Journal experience by helping you and your friends and family…

Dolores still hoppin’

Riverfront hosts live bands, pig roast

Vesicular stomatitis declines, but spreads

Numbers are lower but across wider area

Purgatory looking up

Replacement of slow lift among $5 million in planned upgrades

Upcoming

Friday, Sept. 4 Home vs. Coal Ridge Kickoff @ 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 @ Monument Valley, UT Kickoff at…

Bears host Coal Ridge

Season-opener is no scrimmage

Bears cross-country program growing

enter fourth season