Gabi Morey
Position: Staff reporter

Let basics be foundation of your diet

Diet fads come and go, leaving us confused as to what information is current and what has been written off. As a registered dietitian, I routinely return to the basics when it c...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Adopt a Road program reaches 14 years of success

By Patti Brady San Juan Mountains Association Many of us travel on roads within the San Juan National Forest and BLM Tres Rios areas to get to the beautiful places we l...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Fire doesn’t wait; neither should we

By Rebecca Samulski Montezuma County Fire Chiefs’ Association Recent local fires from Canonball to Kernan Creek and across to LaPlata County Road 502 along with the red...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

‘Reformicons’ could represent the future of the GOP

WASHINGTON – Parallel to the rise of the tea party – with less attention but more potential influence – has been a gathering movement of reform conservatives whom my colleague E.J. Dionne Jr...

DATE: May 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Stewards of the forest Summer fun with SJMA

This summer the San Juan Mountains Association will continue our established partnerships with the San Juan National Forest, BLM Tres Rios and BLM Canyons of the Ancients National Monument a...

DATE: May 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Appreciating our winter wonderland

Southwest Colorado offers many recreational activities in the winter. From ice climbing to skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and snowmobiling, you can do it all in our little corner of the ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Advice to newcomers to Southwest Colorado

Five years ago I moved here from South Carolina leaving my family, garden and yard (where if I stuck a half-dead plant in the ground it always thrived), my job teaching mathematics at Columb...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Comet ISON: Coming to a sky near you

From now through mid-December of 2013, all over the world, a brand-new comet will become visible to the naked eye in our morning skies before dawn. This morning comet is named ISON, and this...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Washington dysfunction hurts rural Colorado

One sign of the dysfunction in Washington these days is that the conversations there have completely detached from the ones happening in kitchens and living rooms across Colorado and the cou...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

They beat me to the punch

I had planned to gently explain to Larry Berger the errors in his diatribe against Sheriff Spruell. However, Bud Garner, Charles Thompson and many others have done the job for me, forcefully...

DATE: Aug 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

‘The community needed him to succeed’

As the former sheriff prior to Dennis Spruell, I wanted to correct Pat Requena’s assumptions in her recent letter. It surprised me that a former CPA would publish financial-based business as...

DATE: Aug 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Pika may signal change

As you start hiking through the talus, watching the clouds gather overhead, you hear it. A very distinct squeak. Did your dog find a squeaky toy hidden in the rocks? Probably not. Then you h...

DATE: Jul 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

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