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Trial date set in lawsuit accusing Durango train of starting 416 Fire

A trial date has been set in the lawsuit filed by residents and business owners against the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which they accuse of starting the 416 Fire. The lawsui...

DATE: May 31, 2019 CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff’s Blotter

Tuesday, May 14 11:45 a.m. A deputy was called to Montezuma County Combined Courts, 865 North Park St., on a remand. The deputy transported a woman to Montezuma County Detention Center. ...

DATE: May 31, 2019 CATEGORY: For the record

Cortez Middle School honor roll

As summer gets underway, Montezuma-Cortez Middle School has released its final honor roll list of the 2018-19 school year. Out of the 562 students attending the middle school, 59 were recog...

DATE: May 31, 2019 CATEGORY: Education

Students learn about veterinary science by raising lambs

Call it a nice send-off to the end of the school year. Escalante Middle School eighth graders this week cuddled young lambs swaddled in towels as part of a veterinary science class. ...

DATE: May 31, 2019 CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores track athletes turn in stellar performances at state meet

Competing for the final time during a season that featured great successes on the track and in the field, members of the Dolores High School boys and girls track teams excelled at the Colorado State H...

DATE: May 30, 2019 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores girls golf team finishes seventh at state

Playing through 42 degree weather that featured moments of drizzle, snow and a torrential downpour, three Dolores High School girls’ golfers carried their team to a seventh-place finish in the Colorad...

DATE: May 30, 2019 CATEGORY: High School Sports

One step forward

Democrats in charge in both houses and in the governor’s mansion and an increase in tax revenues from a healthy economy moved the state ahead in the legislative session completed at the beginning of M...

DATE: May 30, 2019 CATEGORY: Editorials

Harriet Tubman will always have the last laugh

WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump invites historical comparisons, it is usually to his detriment. Even so, the Trump administration’s recent snubbing of Harriet Tubman in favor of extending An...

DATE: May 30, 2019 CATEGORY: Opinion

Please do not forget the Constitution

When was the last time you remember seeing the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights posted anywhere? A bank, the post office, a school, the library, your local pub, or a...

DATE: May 30, 2019 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for me to abolish the U.S. Senate

I am a candidate for the Colorado Unity Party’s 2020 nomination for U.S. Senate. I’m running on peace, justice, ecology and election reform, with a theme of “unity in diversity.” The slogan...