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Mancos, Dolores wrestlers combine for 3 titles

The Mancos Blue Jays and Dolores Bears combined for three individual league titles at the San Juan Basin League Duals in Norwood last Thursday. Mancos senior Richard Martinez, freshman Brec...

DATE: Feb 07, 2017 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Public access is most important factor

As Montezuma County moves forward with plans to pay Mesa TV to broadcast and rebroadcast video of commission meetings, it confronts an important issue: By paying for that service, the county creates a...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorials

Tomac makes it two straight at Oakland Coliseum

Eli Tomac shortened the gap behind Ryan Dungey on Saturday, posting his second consecutive win of the season at the Oakland Coliseum. Dungey quickly went to the lead in the 450SX Class race...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: More Sports

Showalter powers Blue Jays past Ridgway

Nearly every time the Bluejays got the ball to Cadin Showalter, he bulled his way through defenders and found a way to score. The result was 31 points for the star freshman and a 76-34 win for Mancos ...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Lady Jays gain experience in Ridgway loss

The Mancos girls’ basketball team (3-11 overall, 1-8 in SJBL) was defeated by Ridgway (5-8 overall, 4-4 in SJBL) at home on Feb. 4. Providing a handful of highlights for the Lady Jays in th...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Sides need to find middle ground on regulations

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pledges to dismantle much of the regulatory state, the amalgam of federal rules, directives and warnings that, aside from advancing many well-known policy goals, ar...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time for Tipton to act on climate change

As a geophysicist with experience in oil exploration, climate research and environmental cleanup, I am concerned about Congressman Scott Tipton’s statements in an August, 2016 interview with ThinkProg...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pleasant View fire destroys barn, equipment

A fire late Friday night near Pleasant View destroyed a hay shed and caused $93,000 of damage, according to a report from Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputy Jared Farnsworth. Emergency perso...

DATE: Feb 06, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma commissioners oust water board president

Two longtime representatives of the Southwestern Water Conservation District board have been ousted from their seats. Board President John Porter and Vice President Steve Fearn, representat...