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Football roundup Panthers improve, but canâ€™t stop Olathe in 31-6 loss

The Panthers offense looked much improved, but their only score came in the fourth quarter, when Cordell Ridings connected with…

October 26, 2015

High School Sports

Montrose volleyball sweeps Panthers

Will build on improvements of final game

October 26, 2015

High School Sports

M-CHS, Dolores runners end season

Neither team qualifies for state

October 26, 2015

High School Sports

High School Highlights

Football M-CHS 6, Olathe 31 Dolores 0, Monte Vista 48 Dove Creek 18, Sargent 30 Mancos 40, Sangre de Cristo…

October 26, 2015

For the record

Police blotter

10:28 a.m. – 3:37 p.m. A man was ticketed three times for open container and alcohol possession inside City Park.…

October 26, 2015

Local News

Locals weigh in on Prop BB – the pot surplus

If Prop BB fails, $66 million could be returned to taxpayers, cultivators and consumers

October 26, 2015

Local News

Referendum 3A asks to continue Dolores Schools tax

The levy generates $390,000 per year, and if approved, taxes would stay at their current level until it sunsets in…

October 26, 2015

Local News

Referendum 5A asks voters to OK hospital tax

Georgia Morelock answers the phone in the lobby of Southwest Memorial Hospital in 2012.Sam Green/The Journal Officials have emphasized that…

October 26, 2015

Local News

Referendum 4A asks to freeze DWCD levy

The Dolores Water Conservancy District operates the complex water delivery systems using property tax funds derived from a 0.483 mill…

October 26, 2015

Living

Local pumpkin patches still have plenty for Halloween

Witches watch over the pumpkins at Jones Farm on Road M.Sam Green/The Journal Larry Hauser, of Hauser Farms off of…

October 26, 2015

Business

Natural oils

Amid energy industry slump, local woman drops drill bits and starts High Desert Naturals

October 26, 2015

Business

Mining reclamation requires funding

Water flows out of the American Tunnel in the Gladstone area north of Silverton where the Animas River Stakeholders Group…

October 26, 2015

Business

Western Slope’s baby boomers create demand for young workers

Affordable housing, unemployment remain challenges

October 26, 2015

Business

Input sought on projects for Montezuma, Dolores counties

The document is a list of projects to be started or completed within the next two years, and the draft…

October 26, 2015

Business

States sue over new clean air rules

A flurry of lawsuits was expected at U.S. Court of Appeals as the Environmental Protection Agency published its final version…

October 26, 2015

Business

Health care website offers more help

Consumers will be able to start previewing next year’s health care premiums Sunday on the HealthCare.gov website. The website for…

October 26, 2015

Business

Briefs

Higher egg prices at restaurants and grocery stores are here to stay for a while. An outbreak of avian flu…

October 26, 2015

Local News

Delay upsets Paradise Village residents

City officials vow to improve communication about progress

October 26, 2015

Local News

Middle school counselor tapped as among best in state

Schneider-Lemay a semifinalist

October 26, 2015

Local News

State rejects county bid to lower ag-land tax

County wanted to send message

October 26, 2015

Local News

Menacing case ends in mistrial

Moments after day three of the trial started on Wednesday, Oct. 21, District Court Judge Todd Plewe ruled that Assistant…

October 23, 2015

Business

Mesa Verde’s historic visitor center needs tenant

Mesa Verde’s historic visitor center needs to pay for itself

October 23, 2015

Local News

Balloons for a cure

Students at Southwest Colorado Community College release balloons after doing their annual pink dance Tuesday for national breast cancer month.Sam…

October 22, 2015

Living

Fashion show raises $12,000 for charity

Proceeds benefit Women’s Cancer Coalition

October 22, 2015