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Vote for video and local couple’s family dreams
Colin and Nikki Berdzardu1-i-syn A Dolores couple is reaching out through haveababy.com and social media for support of their efforts to start a family. Nikki and Colin Berdzar are participating…
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EPA’s report on Red Arrow mine due Dec. 4; Town Hall meeting, Dec. 10
An Environmental Protection Agency assessment on illegal gold milling operations in Mancos will be released on Dec. 4. Operations at the illegal, unpermitted Red Arrow gold mill outside Mancos has…
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Art show features Dolores students
Students from Dolores Schools are showing off their artwork at the Dolores Public Library until the end of November. The creative expressions range from the abstract watercolor ponderings of kindergarten…
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Dolores 80 years ago
Taken from the Nov. 24, 1933 files of the Dolores Star Big County Relief Program On Tap Montezuma County’s employment program was mapped out this week and work will begin…
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Dolores 40 years ago
Taken from the November 30, 1073 files of the Dolores Star An Old-Fashioned Christmas In Dolores This Year An old-fashioned Christmas in Dolores will be launched Monday night, Dec. 3,…
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Helping those in need
The Mancos High School student council and National Honor Society display canned goods and turkeys collected during their Thanksgiving food drive. The group will provide six full Thanksgiving meals for…
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Poll: ‘Just kidding’ doesn’t make online slurs OK
Matt Rourke/Associated Press<br><br>High school student Vito Calli, 15, of Reading, Pa., whose family em WASHINGTON – In a shift in attitude, most young people now say it’s wrong to use…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Wild turkeys keep a wary eye out to avoid ending up on a Thanksgiving table. This flock was just east of Dolores off of Highway 145.Sam Green/Cortez Journal
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Breckenridge and Keystone put limits on uphill skiing, pets
Charles Ganske, middle and Laurel Peak, of Kalamazoo, Mich., brave the snow and wind with Strom, their 6-year-old Malamute at Berthoud Pass in 2011. Many Colorado ski resorts are adopting…
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County awarded grant for child protection
Money freed up after report of lapses in social service offices
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All-state choir
Six Cortez Middle School students have been selected to the Colorado Middle School All-state Choir. Back row are Skylar King, Josie Sitton and Anna Bullock; front row, Brianna Van Rope,…
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Sheriff’s office may face wrongful-death claim
The family of an inmate who died while in custody at the Montezuma County jail is expected to file a wrongful-death claim early next year. Durango attorney Joel Fry has…
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Cronk embezzlement trial set for April
Former undersheriff, charged with 17 counts of felony embezzlement, is in Arizona
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City Hall weighs marijuana, budget issues
Dispensary looks to triple the size of its production operations, memo says
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Montezuma-Cortez catering class gains support for meals
Diana Coulter’s catering class at Montezuma-Cortez high school is buzzing with excitement as enthusiastic students mix, blend, bake, and dream up recipes for the holiday season. But don’t call it…
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Dictionary gift
Cortez Rotary members Shane Hale and Adam Barnhurst hand out dictionaries to third-grade students at Kemper Elementary. The Cortez Rotary provides a dictionary to third-graders in Montezuma County each year…
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Cortez refuse crews will haul trash on Thanksgiving Day
Cortez’s refuse crews will be working on Thanksgiving Day. Please put trash out the night before, but no later than 6 a.m. City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday…
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Durango grief support group offers services throughout the holiday season
A grief support group for adults who have experienced a loss because of a death will be held from now until February. This group is designed to assist grievers through…