The Montezuma County commissioners have scheduled a second public hearing June 24 on a proposal to place a Dollar General store at Highway 145 and County Road N. On April 30, 2024, they denied a high-impact permit for the store on a 2 to 1 vote. The Georgia-based corporation that owns Dollar General, Leaf Properties, then sued. A year later, District Court Judge Todd Plewe ordered the commissioners to have another hearing because they did not issue a written decision as required by the county land-use code. Plewe wrote that a written decision from the board of county commissioners “will provide a clear record for the BOCC’s reasoning.” The proposal for the store drew a number of negative comments from local residents at the first hearing and received a unanimous thumbs-down from the county Planning and Zoning Commission before that.
Two new cases of measles have been reported on Colorado’s Front Range this week. That brings the total number of cases of the extremely contagious disease in the state to 14 this year, more than twice as many as in the entire decade previous. Both cases are said to be related to travel. A case of measles was also recently reported in San Juan County, New Mexico, just across the border from Colorado. That brings the total number of cases in New Mexico to more than 80.
