$200,000 awarded in Roatcap wildfire

Arsonist agrees to restitution order

Land Conservancy names Leibowitz new executive

Tries to preserve ranches and farms

Standing up at Dolores River Valley meeting

Thank you to the more than 60 Montezuma County residents that participated in the hearing for the Dolores River Valley Plan proposed changes on July 7, 2014. There were many good speakers w...

Commissioners miss the boat on TDRs

Just when you think that the Montezuma County Commissioners couldn't possibly do anything more ludicrous than banning non-native species from entering the county, they did! At the public hea...

County drought gets disaster status

Affected farmers may qualify for low-interest emergency loans

Community Calendar

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County drops TDR program in valley

Commissioners open door to increased development

Montezuma County bans retail pot sales, grow sites

Commission faces some opposition, but moves swiftly to approve ban

Fire doesn't wait; neither should we

By Rebecca Samulski Montezuma County Fire Chiefs' Association Recent local fires from Canonball to Kernan Creek and across to La Plata County Road 502 along with the re...

Cemetery to halt sales after mixup with plot

Couple sought help after space was sold again

Volunteers work on School to Farm Project

A crew of up to nine National Civilian Community Corps volunteers, all between the ages of 18 and 24, recently worked on three area School to Farm gardens for two weeks. In Dolore...

Around Town

Paving road work is suspended near Dolores Colorado Department of Transportation contractor Skanska Civil USA West Rocky Mountain District Inc. is suspending paving work on Colora...