Dolores weather

Date High Low Prec. Snow Sept. 25 72 44 Sept. 26 71 45 Sept. 27 61 40 .40 Sept. 28 54 29 Sept. 29 60 31 Sept. 30 66 33 ...

Empire Electric to inspect poles and towers

Empire Electric Association Inc. conducts routine inspections on poles and towers to determine their current state of condition. Corrosion, which reduces structural integrity, is...

Irrigation company to hold a stock run

The board of directors of the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company announce a stock run the weekend beginning Friday, Oct. 4. Water will be turned into the system on Friday mor...

McPhee Reservoir recovering from deficit

Cortez's rainfall in September of 2.74 inches has more than doubled the 30-year average, of 1.31 inches as of Monday, said National Weather Service observer Jim Andrus. "We're sti...

Livestock fence hurts boater on Dolores River Property owner wants cooperative solution for issue

A paddle-boarder on the upper Dolores River was injured Sunday, Sept. 15, after getting caught in a wire fence on a private ranch. The Cortez man struggled to free himself from th...

Drop in test scores not the whole story

Dolores superintendent reports student successes

Dolores test-score data clarification

Data in a Dolores schools test-score table in the Dolores Star on Thursday, Sept. 19, were correct, but contained a misleading title. The table compared 2012 and 2013 growth perf...

School board candidate forum will be Oct. 9

A Dolores school board candidates forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Dolores Community Center. The event will be hosted by the Dolores Educational Assoc...

Grants available to help poor reduce wildfire risk

The Colorado Department of Natural Resources has allocated funding to help low-income residents reduce wildfire threats. A $22,800 Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction grant was recen...

Economists forecast slow improvement in state

National politics creates uncertainty, harms growth

Crash on Highway 145 kills 2

2 others injured in two-car accident near Dolores

Sludge removal to be in 2014

The first pond at the Dolores Sewer Plant is full of it, and you know what "it" is. To clear the situation a routine cleanup is expected to take place in spring 2014. Some 4 feet ...