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Dolores royalty

Larissa Umberger and Tommy Nelligan are crowned the Dolores High School homecoming queen and king Friday night.Sam Green/The Journal

Picking pumpkins

Tadc McGuire carries the pumpkin he picked out during the Dolores first grade class visit to the Hauser Pumpkin Patch.Sam…

Flaming cheer

Dolores Coach Chris Tusler cheers and a gas flume is set off when the Bears score a touchdown Friday night…

Faces in the Crowd: Bear cub

Netherlee Rogers, a possible future Dolores athlete, doesn’t seem to be too interested in the Bears volleyball game, but is…

BRIEFS

Pony Expresso plans Halloween party The Pony Expresso coffee shop in Dolores will have a Halloween Party on Oct. 31…

BLM education guru retires after 23 years

Heath thought she was going to be school principal

Researchers find an answer to invasive cheatgrass

Will this bacteria thwart one of the most invasive weeds in North America?

Grocers launch effort to sell full-strength beer and wine

Initiative would allow stores to sell full-strength beer and wine

Crow Canyon’s student campus

Rep. Scott Tipton cut the ribbon Saturday for Crow Canyon’s seven new cabins built to improve student campus living. The…

Other signs

NASA has released a reminder that the El Niño is big, and that weather is likely to be anything but…

Pedestrian injured during arrest

Apparently intoxicated man bloodied during takedown

Briefs

Booths available for annual Elks bazaar Booth space is available for the Cortez Elks Lodge’s annual Christmas Bazaar on Sunday,…

Community chili

SWOS highlights classic Southwestern fare at Fall Fest

Family Dollar store coming back to Cortez

Cortez, Mancos stores opening in early 2016, spokesperson says

Groups want ‘big money’ out of politics

Push comes amid financial disclosures

El Niño likely to break state drought

Wet weather pattern expected to peak in late fall, then taper off

Fall fun

In La Plata County, underpasses, speed zones may limit wildlife-vehicle collisions

Underpasses, speed zones aim to reduce animal-vehicle collisions, roadkill

Western Colorado river runs orange

Water has similar color to Animas after Gold King Mine spill

Train to help haul freshly cut Christmas trees

Effort will reduce risk of wildfire near Cascade Wye

Colorado AgrAbility sets workshop schedule

The Colorado AgrAbility Project is gearing up for its winter workshops, with the first meeting set for the end of…

SCAPE starting loaned executive program

Organization also hosting Innovate HER competition

Water treatment to begin

Leakage from mine network remains problem for Animas River

EPA: Water for Navajos was OK

In this Aug. 18, 2015, photo, Joe Ben Jr., Shiprock Chapter House Farm Board representative, tests the water from tanks…