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Leslie Lyons named to honor roll

The Journal Leslie Lyons of Dolores was named to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh spring honor roll. To qualify, a student must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12...

Maddy Mahaffey named to Colorado College’s dean’s list

The Journal Maddy Mahaffey of Dolores has been named to Colorado College’s dean’s list. Mahaffey was a senior at Colorado College during the 2019-20 academic year. Stu...

School Community Youth Collaborative and Pinon Project offer virtual hangouts

The Journal School Community Youth Collaborative and Pinon Project have joined forces to offer virtual social hangouts for Montezuma County youths at 6 p.m. Wednesdays via Zoom. ...

Celebrate Colorado Day with free entrance into state parks Monday

Herald Staff Report To celebrate Colorado Day, and the 144th birthday of the state, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will offer free entry to 41 state parks Monday. Althoug...

BLM Tres Rios and Uncompahgre Field Office’s lift Stage I fire restrictions

The Journal Stage I fire restrictions will be lifted on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Tres Rios and Uncompahgre field offices effective Thursday. ...

Chicken Chase 2020

The Montezuma County Fairgrounds were a flurry of chicken feathers and scrappy kids on Thursday for the first chicken chase of the 2020 summer fair.

Salute to Seniors virtual event comes to southern Colorado

The Journal Salute to Seniors will host a virtual expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 21-22. The expo will share information, education, resources and...

Photos: Kayakers navigate the muddy Animas River

Sue Dorsey: Colorado’s overlooked small businesses still have time to grab a lifeline

We heard panic from our community lending partners almost immediately as the COVID-19 pandemic began forcing closures. The smallest local businesses were falling through the crack...

Wearing mask can save lives – like mine

I just returned from shopping and was horrified to see that about half of the shoppers were not wearing masks. A week ago when I shopped, many more people had their faces covered....

Think outside the box on back to school

Our school districts are all grappling with how or if they open this year. So far, it just looks to me as though the districts are applying old-fashioned notions of how schools should functi...

County officials definitely not socialists!

David Nuttle submitted a letter accusing our county officials of being socialists. This is simply unfair and not true. Our county officials are corrupt petty crony politicians who...