News & Sports
There is very rarely a person as dedicated to the youth community as Kati Banks. Her love of her family, community, and school can not be matched.
As part of a special advance Veterans Day salute, (left) Dove Creek senior Taylor Hickman (3) parallels DCHS Gymnasium’s midcourt line while bringing the nation’s colors into view of fans ready to
Photo shows burn scar stopped within feet of building utilized as a feed room for goats as as hay storage.
Photo shows large swath of burn scar in ditch along the highway. Dry conditions allowed the fire to move quickly.
On Friday, November 8th, shortly after 1:00 p.m., a brush fire was reported on the east side of Highway 491, at mile post 55.
By Publisher
According to USGS, shortly after 8:10 a.m. MST on November 11, 2019, an eathquake with a 1.9 magnitude at 1km of depth was recorded near Slick Rock Canyon, appoximately 35 miles from Dove Creek, Colorado in the West Paradox Basin.
The GPS location was listed at: 38.273°N 108.917°W and no damage has been reported.
Did you feel it? Report it here : https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu60349607/region-info
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Columns & Opinions
It takes a lot of shoes to run 5 to 10 miles a day for 36 years. Actually it’s down to four miles now and it’s not really running, but it was for a long time.
By Doug Funk
When the garden froze and I went to start the tiller, the gas tank was completely empty. I did a little “hmmm” to myself because that doesn’t happen.
By Doug Funk
Apparently my printing press and I are no longer relevant. They’ve gone on to bigger and better things.
By Doug Funk
Obituaries
Obera Lou Eggers was born November 8, 1919, in Gray, Oklahoma, along with identical twin sister, Overa M. Jackson, to parents William Ernest and Effie Monroe Elam Rags-dale.
Obera Lou Eggers was born November 8, 1919, in Gray, Oklahoma, along with identical twin sister, Overa M. Jackson, to parents William Ernest and Effie Monroe Elam Ragsdale.
Graveside memorial services for Dove Creek resident Dorma Maudine Baird will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Mr. Joshua Baird will officiate.
Services for Veronica Lyn Montano, long time resident of Monticello, Utah will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.
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On July 12th 2019, shortly before 5:00 p.m. MST, a series of lightning strikes hit around Dove Creek and surrounding points.
Only minutes after, a report was made of fire near the old Squaw Point Fire Station.
At the time of this article, three separate points or origin were reported, and though there are still agencies on scene, all of them are extinguished.
The Dove Creek Press is grateful for all of its readers and those contributors on the ground sharing our area's beauty and happenings.
View the full 2019 High School Graduation video and photos of all Graduates, below:
The 2019 SIPA (Statewide Internet Portal Authority) User Conference was held today, April 16, 2019 at the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center in Downtown Denver.
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