Dolores – The Journal

Mesa snowmelt overwhelms Dolores in valley below

Community rallies to fill sandbags, redirect floodwaters; no injuries reported

DATE: Apr 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lingering winter delays opening of McPhee Reservoir boat ramp

Bay is iced over, and roads drifted with snow; invasive mussels found on Western Slope

DATE: Apr 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Highway 184 is reopened after repair

New culvert installed; flooding caused three-week closure

DATE: Apr 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores proposes to close portion of escarpment for safety reasons

Hillside along Road 31 was recently annexed by town; new town treasurer appointed

DATE: Mar 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Chamber seeking nominees for 2022 Citizen and Business of the Year

Annual banquet moved to October; Food Truck Fridays has new location but without drive-in movies

DATE: Mar 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Valley residents offered free sandbags as flooding begins

County Public Works Department donates sand as rain and snowmelt pick up

DATE: Mar 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flooding closes Colorado Highway 184 north of Cortez

Local traffic allowed through; no access to U.S. 491, no estimated time to reopen

DATE: Mar 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Galloping Goose No. 5 to ride the rails in Animas Valley

Goose will run spring excursions to Cascade, opening day of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trips

DATE: Mar 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flooding from rain and snowmelt hits Norwood; Dolores gets ready

No flooding in Dolores yet, but free sandbags will be available soon

DATE: Mar 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores school board discusses potential track and field and board vacancy

Lori Raney’s board seat opened March 10 At the Dolores RE-4A school board meeting on March 9, the board had a heated discussion about whether to allocate reserve funds to a track and announc...

DATE: Mar 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

Cortez’s Brinley and Victoria Duran continue swimming excellence

Victoria earns college scholarship; 10-year-old Brinley will go to qualifying meet in California

DATE: Mar 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Modern bike and skate park proposed for Joe Rowell Park in Dolores

Citizen group formed to partner with town; fundraising has begun for $750,000 project

DATE: Feb 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News