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Gear up for ski season at Hesperus, Dolores swaps

The annual Hesperus Ski Swap, sponsored by the Hesperus Ski Patrol, will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango. Also, th...

Pee Wee cheer

Terrific trails + toilets = tons of tourists

Urban planner: Everyone appreciates nice, clean restrooms

Valdez brings passion to Bears

Senior football star also standout wrestler, baseball player

Community Calendar

People are encouraged to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted less than two weeks in advan...

Bears volleyball wins three of four

The Dolores Bears attack is diversifying, their confidence is growing and as a result, wins are becoming commonplace. Certainly a good thing for a volleyball team looking to make waves this ...

Bears shut out by Monte Vista

Mistakes, poor line play, doom Dolores

Dolores 40 Years Ago

The town of Dolores will have a budget of $170,861.00 according to figures adopted and published in this week's Star as a Public Notice, which calls for a mill levy of 19 mills on an assesse...

Dolores 80 Years Ago

Schools in most of the basin were adjourned last Friday when the teachers of the valley trekked to Durango and attended the annual sessions of the Colorado Education Association. ...

Flash flood shows sad state of Dolores River

Tropical Storm Ivo brought just shy of 2 inches of rain to much of the Dolores River Basin near the end of August. The rain provided a dichotomous situation for the thirsty land of Southwest...

Dolores weather

Date High Low Prec. Snow Oct. 9 65 43 Oct. 10 59 41 Oct. 11 55 26 1.23 Oct. 12 57 33 Oct. 13 65 39 Oct. 14 57 30 ...

Christmas drive begins to help needy families

The Piñon Project's Christmas for Kids Program has applications available to help support families in having a joyous Christmas holiday. Applications need to be received no later ...