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Rebate available for Business Saturday

Some three-dozen Cortez area businesses have partnered with American Express this year for Small Business Saturday. Celebrated every year on…

November 28, 2013

Local News

Land locked to public owners

4 million acres of public lands in West remain inaccessible

November 28, 2013

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Budget crisis hitting counties

Tax payments for U.S. lands in limbo

November 28, 2013

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Local chorus groups give us reason to go out into the cold

Now that we are deep into our annual migration away from the sun, instinct tells us that it is time…

November 28, 2013

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Inmate died of ‘natural causes’ Autopsy attributes cause of death to chronic use of alcohol

Last October, an Arizona man reportedly died of natural causes while in custody at the Montezuma County jail. Montezuma County…

November 28, 2013

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County gets a boost for Farm to School projects

State board gives $40,000 matching grant

November 28, 2013

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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…

November 28, 2013

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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…

November 28, 2013

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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…

November 28, 2013

Education

Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers grant

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering a one-time grant opportunity to agency partners that engage in hunting and angling outreach…

November 27, 2013

Local News

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…

November 27, 2013

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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…

November 27, 2013

Education

Early Learning Center appreciates support

The Mancos Early Learning Center appreciates the continuing support received since opening the doors last January 2013. Mancos High School…

November 26, 2013

$Energy ABCs looks at industry facts, myths Consultant talks about fracking, power at luncheon$

Business

Energy ABCs looks at industry facts, myths Consultant talks about fracking, power at luncheon

Schelldu1-i-syn New environmentally friendly technologies may not always be what they seem. Lori Smith Schell, president of the Durango-based consultancy…

November 26, 2013

Business

Next generation of biofuels years away from fruition

A dump wagon adds freshly gathered corn cobs to a pile on a farm near Hurley, S.D. Fuels made from…

November 26, 2013

Local News

Helping those in need

The Mancos High School student council and National Honor Society display canned goods and turkeys collected during their Thanksgiving food…

November 26, 2013

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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…

November 26, 2013

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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…

November 26, 2013

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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…

November 26, 2013

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County awarded grant for child protection

Money freed up after report of lapses in social service offices

November 26, 2013

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Sierra cement visits Four Corners area

Durango finally gets its snowfall – the wet kind

November 25, 2013

$Municipal votes on fracking catch guv’s eye$

Business

Municipal votes on fracking catch guv’s eye

They reflect ‘genuine anxiety’ about health concerns, Hickenlooper says

November 25, 2013

Local News

All-state choir

Six Cortez Middle School students have been selected to the Colorado Middle School All-state Choir. Back row are Skylar King,…

November 25, 2013

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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…

November 25, 2013