Montezuma County

A proposal for a thousand-acre solar farm in the Lewis-Arriola area of Montezuma County drew about two dozen concerned residents to an open house Thursday.

Recent rains prompted the Montezuma County commissioners Tuesday to choose not to reinstate a county fire ban at present. And a lawsuit over Montezuma County’s rejection of a high-impact permit for a Dollar General store on Road N is moving forward.

The Montezuma County commissioners have voted to join several other counties in suing the state of Colorado over its use of the severance-tax fund.

Montezuma County voters will be making decisions on four local revenue questions in the upcoming Nov. 5 general election.

Local residents who have been waiting for weeks to resume recycling their cardboard and plastic will have to wait a bit longer.

Property taxes were on the minds of the Montezuma County commissioners this week.

Much local recycling remains on hold even as Montezuma County moves forward with efforts to repair the baler the county landfill uses to handle recycled materials.

A lengthy and contentious public hearing Thursday night on high-impact and special-use permits for new operators at the Ironwood mill site ended with the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission continuing the hearing to June 13.

Montezuma County attorney Ian MacLaren has been appointed judge for the Dolores County Court, and wolverines may return to Colorado.

With a 2-to-1 vote, the Montezuma County commissioners on Tuesday denied a high-impact permit for a Dollar General store at Highway 145 and Road N