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Two seats are open on Dolores School Board

Eight candidates for the Dolores School Board will face off for two open seats during the Nov. 4 elections. Linnea Vass will run for another four-year term, and Matt Mecham, who w...

Dolores Fire takes home title

The Dolores Fire District won the overall title at the 75th annual Tri-State Fireman's Association, held in early August in Grants, N.M. Seventeen teams from Colorado, Arizona, an...

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...

Commodity distribution scheduled for September

The next USDA Commodity Distribution will be Saturday, Sept. 28. It will be held from 7:30 to 8 a.m. in Cortez at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. 160. In Dolores from 7:30 to 8:...

40 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 14, 1973, Larry and Marilyn Pleasant, Editors

80 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 1, 1933, Fred Bradshaw, Editor

80 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 15, 1933, Fred Bradshaw, Editor

Everett Wayne Carrigan

Everett Wayne Carrigan, longtime resident of Dolores and former Dolores Volunteer Fire Department chief, died Tuesday night at Windsor Healthcare in Windsor, Colo. He was 84 years old. ...

Football shut out in opener

Bayfield crushes Dolores 43-0

Bears play well in tournament

Dolores volleyball finishes 4th overall

Responsibility vs. unreliability

Knowing and doing what is expected of me. A responsible person does not wait for a "to do" list. Responsibility is knowing within one's self what needs to be done and carrying the...

Linking school instruction to the real world

If you were asked what percentage of the word's population was involved in agriculture 500 years ago, would you know the answer? For me, those kinds of facts are harder to hold onto than a g...