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League of Women Voters plans meetings in December and January

The League of Women Voters of Montezuma County will meet Saturday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. at the Dolores Public Library. The program will include honoring longtime members and planning for 2023 projects a...

DATE: Nov 24, 2022 CATEGORY: Community

Public art on private building? Bison mural in Mancos sparks controversy

A popular new mural of bison photos on a building in Mancos has drawn criticism from the property owner, who wants it removed. The Mancos Creative District paid artist Chip Thomas to create the mural,...

DATE: Nov 24, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s ballot machines tallied votes accurately, postelection audit finds

Colorado’s vote tabulation machines counted ballots accurately during this month’s midterm election, according to results from a statewide audit that took place this week. County officials from 63 Col...

DATE: Nov 24, 2022 CATEGORY: Regional News

Coloradans will be able to buy wine in grocery stores beginning in March

After counting up the remaining votes from Denver, Proposition 125 changed direction and narrowly passed, letting Coloradans buy a bottle of wine at the grocery store. Grocery and convenience stores w...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury awards victims of Durango bathroom voyeur $3.5 million in damages

A jury awarded three woman and a man $625,000 each in noneconomic damages to be paid by Wade Allen Bigall, 60, and his business, for placing a hidden camera in a unisex bathroom at his business. The ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Helicopter crashes at Durango-La Plata County Airport

Two people avoided serious injury in a helicopter crash Wednesday afternoon at Durango-La Plata County Airport. The crash occurred at 1:14 p.m. on the north end of the runway, said Tony Vicari, direct...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Lego robotics team wins championship, heads to state

In its first year, a Dolores Lego robotics team took home a championship trophy and received an invitation to the state Lego robotics competition in Denver. “This was the first time Dolores schools ha...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Middle School’s musical theater production teaches confidence, commitment

Montezuma-Cortez Middle School’s musical theater program has been running for more than eight years now, and it has no intention of slowing down. The program recently completed its ninth show Nov. 4-5...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Chip Thomas mural an honor’

Recently, I had the privilege of watching Chip Thomas complete his mural in Mancos, thrilled that our community would be home to such a beautiful representation of our corner of the West. Now, it is b...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

CPW ‘must do better’ on wolves

I would like to believe that Colorado Parks and Wildlife is an honest broker in the wolf reintroduction plan, but evidence keeps suggesting it is not doing all it can to counter misinformation regardi...

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 CATEGORY: Opinion

League of Women Voters plans meetings in December and January

Public art on private building? Bison mural in Mancos sparks controversy

Colorado’s ballot machines tallied votes accurately, postelection audit finds

Coloradans will be able to buy wine in grocery stores beginning in March

Jury awards victims of Durango bathroom voyeur $3.5 million in damages

Helicopter crashes at Durango-La Plata County Airport

Dolores Lego robotics team wins championship, heads to state

Cortez Middle School’s musical theater production teaches confidence, commitment

‘Chip Thomas mural an honor’

CPW ‘must do better’ on wolves

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