Dolores Ranger District to burn slash piles later this week

The San Juan National Forest Dolores Ranger District plans to burn slash piles resulting from fuels-reduction efforts on 60 acres…

Plant-a-Tree gift certificates are now on sale

“Each $20 donation to the Plant-a-Tree Program will result in ten seedlings being planted locally on the National Forest to…

Western states below historic snowpack averages

At the start of December, Nevada and Idaho are the only Western states above their historic averages for snowpack

To Our Customers: The Journal is moving

The Journal will reopen Monday, Dec. 28 in its new space, at 8 W. Main St. in downtown Cortez. Business…

Christmas in Dolores

Dolores test scores fall below state average

Science is exception; improvement plan adjusts instruction to new standards

Hoofing it

The Koppenhafer family moves 250 head of cattle along Trinity Avenue, just off E. Main Street, on Monday. The herd…

Dolores’ defense fuels blowout 77-25 win over Nucla

Dolores’ pressure fuels 77-25 win over Nucla

M-CHS, Mancos, Dolores, Dove Creek wrestlers compete in Dawg Fight

M-CHS, Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek wrestlers compete

Search for missing snowmobiler turns into recovery effort

“What was a search-and-rescue operation has moved into a recovery mission,” according to a sheriff press release. On Tuesday, Dec.…

Dove Creek outlasts Dolores, 60-54

Bears fight back from 21-point 4th-quarter deficit

Sports Briefs

Boys Basketball Dolores 54, Dove Creek 60 Girls Basketball Dolores 56, Dove Creek 25 Mancos 38, Durango (JV) 22 Upcoming…

Lady Bears rout Creek, 56-25

Dolores uses 23-2 second-quarter run to break away

Chamber News: Christmas season in Dolores is underway

The Galloping Goose Historical Society is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this winter. The…

80 years ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Dec. 13, 1935

40 years ago

Taken from the pages of the Dolores Star, Friday, Dec. 12, 1975

Bazaar shoppers

Shoppers check out the handmade items at the Dolores Christmas Bazaar on Saturday at the Dolores Community Center.Sam Green/The Journal

Forest Service releases impact statement on grazing in Glade

Preferred plan would help recover mountain pastures

Dolores food drives a success

Donations go to program to feed kids

Riverfront stew

Sadie Christensen and William Layton serve green chili stew from the Dolores Riverfront Bar and Grill at the annual Taste…

Search for snowmobiler continues in Groundhog area

On Dec. 8, a multi-agency search led by the sheriff’s office was initiated for Ronald Wallace Jr., a 37-year-old Groundhog-area…

Bears begin season in Flagstaff

Dolores wrestling team returns two state qualifiers

McPhee inpections face budget shortfall

Program is called key to preventing mussel invasion

Driving through town

A cattle drive moved through Dolores recently, a local tradition.Jim Mimiaga/The Journal