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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...

No plea bargain yet in fire case

District Court Judge Todd Plewe was skeptical of a plea bargain presented by prosecutors for a man charged with starting a wildfire south of Dolores. Roger "Bucky" Stratton, 54, h...

Big thrills during a short season

Upper Dolores flows should be raftable for Dolores River Festival next week

Memorial activities to be held Monday

Ute Mountain American Legion Post 75 invites the public to join in observing Memorial Day at several events to be held on Monday, May 27: 6 a.m., Cortez Cemetery: Legion Honor Gua...

Dolores girls 5th at state track

The 4x200-meter relay team of Lexi Atkinson, Cassie Lard, Taylor Elder and Olivia Wright finished second in the state finals with a school record, after breaking the old school record and fi...

Wildfires may bring fast evacuations

After around 130 homes were evacuated between the Weber and Roatcap fires in Montezuma County last year, the concern about fellow residents starting fires is well founded. But you may put yo...

Disappearances put flags on hold

To the Citizens of Dolores: Members of the Montezuma County VFW Ladies Auxiliary No. 5231, whose Post Home is in Mancos and whose members come from Mancos, Cortez and Dolores, hav...

Fire danger is a concern for weekend and beyond

The Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center reports that fire danger is increasing on public lands as southwestern Colorado heads into the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Not only has this sp...

Sequester hinders defense, harms morale

The Defense Department announced furloughs for around 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year, according to The Associated Press. Civilia...

All I need to know

Recently, I heard a couple talking-heads on TV bemoaning the popular sentiment that today's kids graduate from high school, and even college, without ever being taught how to balance a check...

40 Years Ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, May 25, 1973, Larry and Marilyn Pleasant, Editors