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McPhee ramp to lose flush toilets

Users of McPhee Reservoir's main boat ramp will no longer be able to enjoy the benefits of flush toilets in the coming years. Amid concerns that the restrooms' outdated pumps and aging infra...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

School lockdown rattles Dolores

A man wanted for parole violation provoked the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office to temporarily lock down the school in Dolores on Friday. John Finocchiaro, 30, had eluded local l...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Deluge extends irrigation, boating season

Recent rains have bumped up the region to 104 percent of normal precipitation for the year, recharging the Dolores and extending the irrigation and boating season. But the area ha...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Culvert work to delay traffic

The Colorado Department of Transportation began work Sept. 4 to replace a corroded steel culvert under State Highway 145 at mile point 57.6 on Lizard Head Pass. The old culvert wa...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Holiday fun

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

40 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Sept. 7, 1973, Larry and Marilyn Pleasant, Editors

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - Living

Lightning, controlled burns can be dangerous

The fire restrictions are suspended, but residents should still exercise caution with fires. Recent rains have penetrated the soil and increased the fuel moisture, but it only ta...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - Columnists

Colorado water, wildfires and recalls

With Labor Day behind us, I begin preparing for legislative session 2014. I sit on two legislative interim committees, one on water and one on wildfires. These committees start meeting frequ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Re-4A sets meeting

The Dolores Re-4A school board invites the public to participate in a "town hall"-style discussion about anything school related. The public meeting will be Sept. 10, 7 p.m. at th...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Betty Kathrin South

Memorial services for Dolores resident Betty Kathrin South will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Elder Kerr will officiate. Inurnment wil...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - Obituaries

Pleasant View Fire donates truck

The Pleasant View Fire Department has graciously donated a much-needed emergency rescue truck to the United Search and Rescue team of the Montezuma County Sheriff's department. Th...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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