The BLM's Tres Rios Office in Dolores recently received an additional $557,000 for wildfire resiliency projects in the region. The extra funding is part of $10 million effort by the U.S. De...

M'Daniel Confesses, Oris Takes Full Blame for Killing Sheriff The McDaniel brothers, slayers of James Westfall and Sheriff W. W. Dunlap, were apprehended about twenty miles northwest of Can...

Town plans moving water tank, repairing Central Avenue Town board members discussed drainage problems with Mrs. Floyd about property below the Groundhog road where runoff comes across town ...

The new McPhee marina was floated into place this week and is expected to open to the public on Saturday. Stan Folsom, of Doc’s Outdoor Sports and Recreation, was awarded the commercial mar...

The new McPhee marina was floated into place this week and is expected to open to the public on Saturday. Stan Folsom, of Doc's Outdoor Sports and Recreation, was awarded the commercial mar...

Three funnel clouds were reported south of Cahone on Monday about 5:30 p.m. Farmer Jessica Daves was changing out irrigation water when she saw the funnel clouds form along the Montezuma-Do...

On Monday, my sister, her four children, and my mom stopped in Cortez on their way up to Oregon to visit my family and I. On their way out of Cortez, they stopped at a gas station and were told that t...

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Fort Lewis College this week announced its first major donation to fund the construction of a new Geosciences, Physics and Engineering Building. The college will receive $602,000 from the F...