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Empire Electric offers scholarships for students

The Journal Each year, Empire Electric Association offers $1,000 educational scholarships for high school seniors planning to go to college, $1,000 for students pursuing a vocatio...

Dolores’ Jordan Elder signs with Northern Arizona volleyball team

Everybody needs to pay for our schools

I am writing in response to the letter by Gene Taylor (“ Gene suggests that all those in favor of the (defeated) school bond issue should donate the funds that were lost. What Gene does not...

Again with the half-baked broadband

Now, we’re going to be subjected to a federally funded study about broadband opportunities, or some such thing? Good thing the feds are paying for it; our local “conservatives” love inflows ...

Time has come to think for yourselves!

Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” talks about how many people have too much reverence for the law. Thoreau wrote it during the time of the Mexican-American War, and criti...

Thank Sarah Hale

We owe this holiday in part to an early feminist who strove against the odds

Mancos to host Colorado League of Women Voters town hall

The Journal Mancos will host a Colorado League of Women Voters town hall event to promote national popular vote at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Mancos Public Library, 211 W. First St. ...

Make Dolores Shine seeks volunteers and donations

The Journal The Dolores Rotary Club and the Dolores Chamber of Commerce will work together to light up Flanders Park this holiday season with the Make Dolores Shine – A Communit...

Angel Tree program begins after Thanksgiving

The Journal The community is invited to participate in the Santa to a Senior – Angel Tree program by adopting a senior in need this holiday season. Pick up a wish card hanging o...

BLM Christmas tree permits now available in Dolores

The Journal The Bureau of Land Management will offer Christmas tree permits in the greater Dolores area from Nov. 25 through Dec. 24. Permits may be purchased for $8 per tree from...

Dolores Rotary to host Christmas lights fundraiser

The Journal Dolores Rotary Club will host a Christmas lights fundraiser at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. The Dolores Rotary Club ma...

Sunflower Theatre seeks actors for holiday performance

The Journal Sunflower Theatre at KSJD is seeking actors aged 10 to 16 years old for The Christmas Quilt: A patchwork of stories performance on Dec. 19, 20 and 21. Stori...