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Missteps, truck woes help snare two-time suspect

Footprints in the snow led authorities to a suspected car thief in October, and the same defendant reportedly broke down…

Dolores gets grant for Overlook Trail

$25,200 for youth work crews

Ballantine Communications buys Pine River Times

Editor remains aboard in Bayfield

500 attend benefit for Vickie Wallace

Event latest held to help members of community

Men in hard hats, students gearing up for campus upgrade

Construction of a major upgrade for the Dolores Schools campus is beginning to ramp up. Fencing, construction equipment and men…

My big cat moments

During my tenure in Dolores, I’ve had three close encounters with wild felines. Once, three blue-eyed bobcat kittens graced my…

Mountain lion mysteries revealed

Exhibit at Anasazi center shows history, behavior of big cat

Medical marijuana takes root in Mancos

Owner says ban costs other towns

Forest Service holds firefighter business workshop

The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center will offer a local procurement fair for area small businesses…

Jail inmate’s death blamed on heart

Man found in cell in distress, pronounced dead at hospital

2014 town budget passes

No big changes ahead, but cost of utilities increases

Sagehen camping battle faces more hurdles

It may take more than a routine archaeology survey and volunteer efforts to re-open the sagehen recreation area to overnight…

Forecast predicts fat year at Capitol

Economy, surplus add up to spending

Tropical bird targeted for protections

Yellow-billed cuckoo known to exist in Four Corners

Happy holidays!

Six named to all-conference football team

Upton, Moore make first team

State shortchanged on gas, oil royalties

Dimes add up to a $1.5M loss

Feds delay decision to protect wolverine

Climate spurs move to list carnivore

Couple to open new store, gas station

Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>Jared Hansen and Karen Becker Hansen are opening The Runway in Dolores. The Runway, a gas station and…

Ouray mine hit with 97 violations

Federal mine inspectors have written up 97 violations for the Ouray County mine where two miners died of carbon monoxide…

Governor throws cold water on air corps

Cost is prohibitive,Hickenlooper says

Free parking bugs merchants

Some businesses say Durango plan has backfired

Slash burning planned for Carlyle Point area

The Dolores Public Lands Office plans to burn slash piles beginning tomorrow on National Forest lands in the Carlyle Point…

Ancestral Puebloans may have an environmental lesson for us

Is demise of the ancients a caution to today's world?