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Mecham named to school board

Matt Mecham, 43, has been chosen by the Dolores Re-4A school board to fill a vacancy created when Alan Thayer resigned. Mecham and his wife are former educators, and have five ch...

Motorcycle ballet

Vintage trials back for Escalante Days

Pilot dies in helicopter crash

A helicopter crashed at a remote oil-and-gas construction site southeast of Dove Creek Tuesday morning. The pilot did not survive. The Huey-style helicopter was part of a construc...

USFS, BLM cut fire limits

Thanks to the arrival of monsoonal weather patterns and lowering of fire danger, the San Juan National Forest will eliminate fire restrictions at higher elevations and ease fire restrictions...

Parts of Morrison, Aspen Loop trails temporarily closed for timber sale

Approximately 1.5 miles of the Aspen Loop and Morrison Trail between FR 560 and FR 327 and between Forest Road 560 and Forest Road 372 north of Mancos will be periodically closed to all publ...

Dolores River users must respect property rights

Editor: As the days get hotter and the water gets lower in the Dolores River, the issue of trespass on private river courses can become contentious. My husband and I own a tract o...

Alternative to 'Wild and Scenic'

Compromise promises local control, no federal water right

80th birthday

Artist in residence to show work

Lewis Williams, a Montrose, Colo., resident, will share artwork inspired by his time as the artist-in-residence at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at ...

Worship in the park

The Methodist Church of Dolores will hold a worship service, followed by a potluck, in Joe Rowell Park in Dolores on Sunday, July 28, at 10 a.m. All are invited. Please bring food...

Free firewood available at Little Carver

Free-use permits are available to the public for downed ponderosa pine cut last year during a logging operation in the Little Carver area. The trees were cut to thin the forest and improve t...

Community calendar

The Dolores Star encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@doloresstar.com. Items submitted at least two weeks in...