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Calling all anglers: Fishing is free this weekend A way to introduce people to angling

The fish are starting to bite at waters all around the state. To give everyone an opportunity to get out and get some hits, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inviting anglers of all ages to par...

Thank God for Spruell's gumption

Editor: I just want to say thank you and best of luck to our sheriff, Dennis Spruell, for standing up to our governor. Thank God Dennis Spruell has the gumption to s...

It's official: The Black Goat is no more

Editor: We have been speaking in low voices around the town of Dolores, about our friend, our watchman, the Black Goat. He has been absent, silent from the rocks above our small 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...

40 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, June 1, 1973<br/>Larry and Marilyn Pleasant, Editors

80 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, June 2, 1933<br/>Fred Bradshaw, Editor

County's assessed property values dip

Homeowners across Montezuma County received notices in the mail a few weeks ago, stating the revised value of their properties. For the majority, values were down. Co...

Emergency drought loans available

Farmers and ranchers in Montezuma, Archuleta, San Miguel, La Plata, and Dolores counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans to help cover losses they sustained as a result of t...

Summit water will be turned on Friday

The board of directors of the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company announce that irrigation water will be turned into the delivery system on Friday, May 24. Shareholders shoul...

The Class of 2017

School funding measure signed

But it depends<br/>on voter approval of income-tax increase

Spruell part of 2nd Amendment lawsuit

DENVER - Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell stood with 17 other uniformed sheriffs Friday in a packed lobby of a Denver office building to announce a Second Amendment lawsuit against Go...