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Woman, 66, gets 4 years in meth case

Defense notes 60 law-abiding years

Olde Fashioned Christmas gets underway tonight

Mancos events run through Christmas

When are you too intoxicated for a night in jail?

In La Plata County, drunken inmates are sadly common and medically needy

The Frontpage

Stories from the Dec. 5, 1919 Mancos-Times Tribune

Pajama party

Dressed in their pajamas, Emma Smith and her sister, Madeline, left, are ready for movie night at the Mancos school gym. The school served dinner and provided “The Polar Express”…

McPhee inpections face budget shortfall

Program is called key to preventing mussel invasion

Rico school’s future stabilizes

Mill levy approval prevents cutbacks

Driving through town

A cattle drive moved through Dolores recently, a local tradition.Jim Mimiaga/The Journal

Planned Christmas events

The holiday season gets into full swing this beginning this weekend in Dolores. Following is a sampling of the events. Christmas bazaar On Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to…

Icing the house

Dolores Middle School student Modesto Martinez makes a ginger bread house that was auctioned off to benefit Grace’s Kitchen.Sam Green/The Journal

40 years ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Dec. 5, 1975

80 years ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Dec. 6, 1935

Gingerbread builders

Another wolf killed in Utah

This gray wolf in the Grand Canyon is the first time the animal has been seen in Arizona in 70 years. The female wolf was confirmed by the U.S. Fish…

Pre-trial date set for man suspected of killing Durango native

Farmington man accused in Aztec

Fishermen fear Frankenfish will hurt salmon industry

Fishermen fear AquaBounty’s creation will collapse salmon prices

Tumbled tumbleweeds

In this photo taken last Friday, Albuquerque workers put tumbleweeds inside a trash truck along Wyoming Boulevard near the entrance to Kirtland Air Force Base. The problem of runaway tumbleweeds…

Rogue attorneys general defy governors, sue feds

Attorneys general suing the federal government, despite governors’ objections

Redistricting reform effort underway in Colorado

Critics worry proposal would limit power of Hispanic voters

Abortion debate at Colorado Capitol grows louder in wake of Planned Parenthood shooting

GOP lawmakers, pro-choice advocates step up rhetoric