Living

Thinking About Health: Food safety law good for consumers – if funded

Just five years ago, Congress passed a big, widely hailed law that promised to make Americas’ food supply safer. But…

Mercy to offer free education to those with prediabetes

For The Cortez Journal People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular…

Center of Southwest Studies ‘Myths of the West in Film’ series continues

The Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” with Michele Malach’s talk, “The Fall…

Moab’s dilemma

Does Utah’s megatourism campaign compromise the outdoor experience?

Ranger explains NAGPRA’s impact on Mesa Verde

Park Ranger Lara Lloyd will present a thought-provoking talk about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and how…

K9 Search and Rescue plans pancake fundraiser

Pancake breakfast on Aug. 8 supports mission

Family of M-CHS grad and vet raising funds for equipped home

Westbrook trying to buy back home he lost after wife’s death

Mancos Days kicks off this weekend

This year’s theme: ‘Only in Mancos’

Weigh in on FLC license plate

In April, Fort Lewis College announced it was applying for a Colorado license plate to promote the school. The college…

Music in Mountains now at family hour

Free picnic, concert geared to after-work parents

Briefs

Ranger explains NAGPRA’s impact on Mesa Verde Park Ranger Lara Lloyd will present a thought-provoking talk about the Native American…

British university says Quran parchment among oldest

A university assistant shows fragments of an old Quran at the University in Birmingham, England, on July 22, 2015. It…

World mayors urge ‘bold climate agreement’

Pope Francis greets Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino as he meets mayors gathered in the Synod Hall during a conference on…

Israeli government clashes with liberal Jewish streams

A Jewish woman wears a prayer shawl as she prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can…

80 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, July 26th, 1935.

40 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, July 25th, 1975.

Mulebone to play at Sunflower

Mulebone, a partnership of multi-instrumentalist John Ragusa and roots music specialist Hugh Pool, performs Friday, July 24 at the Sunflower…

Rummaging racoons

Patricia Westover found this family of six racoons in her neighbor’s yard.Courtesy photo

Picture perfect

Ann Locke, front, and Ana Troutman were among a small group of artists who setup Wednesday in the median at…

Panning for gold in Dolores

Louie Duval pans for gold with the help of his dog, Nemo, Tuesday in the Dolores River at the Beach…

Waddle warning

Vacation Bible School in full swing

Teams compete in a game at the Dolores Southern Baptist Church Vacation Bible School on Tuesday. The teams would do…

Porchlights will play at Mancos distillery

The Mancos Valley Distillery presents The Porchlights on Friday, July 17. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the music starts…

Dolorespalooza

Three celebratory events on tap for August in Dolores