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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 football wins 1st of year

It took almost four games, 15 total quarters to be exact, for the Dolores Bears' new-fangled spread offense to get going. But when it did, was it effective. Playing on the road ag...

Bears volleyball wins two of three

3-game stretch ends with loss to Dove Creek

40 Years Ago

Taken from the Oct. 5, 1973, files of the Dolores Star

It's not the mighty Mississippi, but ...

Back at the beginning of the summer, when the prognosticators were saying it was going to be a very dry summer and people started sharing recollections of the Dolores River drying up to a tr...

80 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 30, 1933, Fred Bradshaw, Editor

Dolores weather

Date High Low Prec. Snow Sept. 25 72 44 Sept. 26 71 45 Sept. 27 61 40 .40 Sept. 28 54 29 Sept. 29 60 31 Sept. 30 66 33 ...

Empire Electric to inspect poles and towers

Empire Electric Association Inc. conducts routine inspections on poles and towers to determine their current state of condition. Corrosion, which reduces structural integrity, is...

Irrigation company to hold a stock run

The board of directors of the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company announce a stock run the weekend beginning Friday, Oct. 4. Water will be turned into the system on Friday mor...

Produce heaven: Harvest Fest here

Saturday, Oct. 5, is your chance to get out and visit the second annual Dolores Harvest Fest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This will be an opportunity for everybody to buy the local Farm...

Sideshow Emporium offers a Sunday social

The Sideshow Emporium & Gallery will present another Sideshow Sunday Social with three musical acts and spoken-word performance from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. The gatheri...

McPhee Reservoir recovering from deficit

Cortez's rainfall in September of 2.74 inches has more than doubled the 30-year average, of 1.31 inches as of Monday, said National Weather Service observer Jim Andrus. "We're sti...