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Southern Ute’s Growth Fund director retires after 28 years

Bob Zahradnik helped tribe realize wealth in energy, real estate

McPhee marina opens for business outside Dolores

Hesperus elk operation on its way out

Fort Lewis College may not extend contract

Chavolito’s comes to Dolores’ main street

Restaurant offers authentic Mexican fare

Twin Spruce opens for public fishing

Lease with CPW provides access

Master gardeners share secrets at Anasazi Heritage Center

Master gardeners will divulge their secrets to keeping plants happy and healthy and introduce this year’s Plant Select varieties on Planting Day, June 4, at 10 a.m. at the Anasazi…

Volunteers are needed for Dolores river festival

Volunteers are needed to help run the 13th annual Dolores River Festival on Saturday, June 11. In exchange for working two-hour shifts, volunteers will receive free admission to the festival,…

Dolores Public Lands Office announces hires and retires

David Casey is named supervisory forester

Forest Service hosts meeting on Rico-West trails plan

Motorcycle access remains a key issue

A dreamy Summers Night and a story with a happy ending

As you are reading this, Mancos is preparing for Grand Summers Night tonight. Stores will be open, The Painted Turtle will have game boards set up for lots of fun,…

Mancos grads offered advice at commencement

Mancos graduates offered advice at ceremony and challenged to keep small-town roots

Grange in Mancos announces class on fermented food

Learn how to ferment ordinary veggies into extraordinary foods such as sauerkraut, kim chi, or pickles during the fermentation class from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 28 at the Mount Lookout…

Mancos Conservation District offering irrigation workshop

The Mancos Conservation District will offer two workshops on irrigation water management next month. The first class will take place June 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 28490…

Shooting victim lived simply, loved nature

Cortez student called ‘ambassador of natural world’

Grocery store alcohol battle turns to governor

Coalition asks Hickenlooper to sign compromise bill

Marijuana robbery blamed in Cortez student’s slaying

Victim may have reached for flare gun

Raven Narratives draw tears, laughs in Cortez

MB McAfee takes the stage to tell an impromptu story at Friday’s Raven Narratives show at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez.Jacob Klopfenstein/The Journal A standing room-only crowd heard a series…

Colorado ranks high for substance abuse

Survey includes alcohol, cocaine, painkillers and pot

Montezuma County considers putting sales tax on ballot

Planners look to fill a gap as Kinder Morgan revenue declines

Interior Department not forthcoming with data, critics say

Transparency failures include Gold King Mine spill