Wendy Watkins
Position: Staff reporter

The golden and delectably healthful home-farmed egg

Eggs are available at the Cortez Farmer’s Market again this year and elsewhere in the county. Homegrown eggs, sometimes charmingly referred to as cackleberries, are a welcome treat in any ho...

Farmers market offers chance to buy a share of a dairy herd

By Wendy Watkins The Cortez Farmers Market is in full swing, offering its usual fabulous array of local foods, produce, crafts, meats, canned goods, baked goods, flowers, music an...

Review Mancos Chorus presents musical snapshots

If Norman Rockwell were to paint a musical portrait of a sentimental Christmas, he could not have created a more colorful and evocative tableau than the one the Mancos Valley Chorus produced...

Review Mancos Chorus presents musical snapshots

If Norman Rockwell were to paint a musical portrait of a sentimental Christmas, he could not have created a more colorful and evocative tableau than the one the Mancos Valley Chorus produced...

Preview Mancos Chorus presents 'Home for the Holidays'

If it's true that there's no place like home for the holidays, then residents of Mancos and Cortez are especially fortunate this season. The Mancos Valley Chorus is preparing its winter show...

Review: Cortez gives maestro a send-off as SouthWest concerts begin

A large and appreciative audience of all ages poured into the M-CHS auditorium on Sunday afternoon to hear, for the second time in 12 months, the San Juan Symphony and guest violinist Odin R...

Melody and color

Bartley celebrates CD release in Dolores, will perform Saturday in Durango series

Melody and color

Bartley centers music on expressive melodies, tonal color

Parsnippet Garlic scapes provide a fresh twist to pesto

There are many reasons to wake yourself up on Saturday mornings and hustle down to the Cortez Farmers Market. But half the fun once you make the effort to get there is discovering new foods ...

Preview Spring zing Southwest Singers plan a show including Bach, Tin Pan Alley

Led by director Ruth Wilson Francisco, the Southwest Singers will offer a unique and varied program ranging from Tin Pan Alley-inspired tunes to J.S. Bach on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May...

Review 525,600 minutes Chorus gives us reason to measure the time

A life can be measured by many yardsticks: in minutes, in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches or miles, in laughter, in strife. So says the song, "Seasons of ...

Review 525,600 minutes Chorus gives us reason to measure the time

A life can be measured by many yardsticks: in minutes, in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches or miles, in laughter, in strife. So says the song, “Seasons of ...