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Our fifth journey: ‘Entering the Promised Land’

After humanity found itself expelled from the Garden of Eden, after God freed the Israelites from ancient Egyptian oppression by performing cosmic warfare against Egyptian gods, magicians, a...

DATE: Dec 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Comments help lay groundwork for Rico-West Dolores travel planning

By Derek Padilla Dolores District Ranger, San Juan National Forest Thank you to everyone who participated in the stakeholder process over the summer to help lay the gro...

DATE: Dec 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Feeding wildlife is bad for them – and us

By Kate Burke Living with Wildlife Advisory Board The Four Corners is blessed with abundant, beautiful wildlife. We all love seeing deer, elk, turkeys and their furred ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Protect personal info when holiday shopping online

’Tis the season! Whew, we have made it past Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there still are 20 shopping days left. This season also is a busy time for theft. According to the ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Travel Troubleshooter Fuel is cheap, but airfares keep rising

If fuel prices are so low, why are airfares so high? And will prices ever return to Earth? They’re simple questions with complicated answers. But Jake Oakman, for one, would like ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Blue Star Mothers spread the word, and Cortez welcomes flying Clydesdales

On Nov. 18, members of the Blue Star Mothers, Montezuma County VFW Post 5231, its Ladies Auxiliary, DAV Chapter 44, and American Legion Post 75, and members of the local community welcomed t...

DATE: Nov 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

This bird of Thanksgiving is cunning in the wild

November is a time of thanksgiving, and for some reason, the turkey is the symbol of our thankfulness. I say “for some reason” because historians are not absolutely sure where t...

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Powerful solutions

Don’t let food poisoning sour your Thanksgiving dinner celebration

At Thanksgiving, we gather with family and friends to appreciate the gift of each other. Traditionally, this celebration involves lots of food – typically turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie. ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Yellowstone's a place to be thankful for

By Don Oliver It's November, and it seems anyone writing a column does a "being thankful" column. Well, I'm no different. Last September, while standing in the middle ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Celebrating a transcendent union

All Souls. All Saints. Dia de los Muertos. Some of us Christians have recently celebrated these days of remembrance. As the days grow shorter, their timing is no accident. We are ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Freedom’s journey leads into the Wilderness

Biblical literature teaches that we all take seven journeys in life. Which journey are you on? Two months ago I wrote about our first journey in life – “Welcome to the Garden of E...

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Veterans Day pays tribute to all who serve

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an Armistice was signed ending hostilities of World War I, The Great War, the war to end all wars, in which 16 million combatants and...

DATE: Oct 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Veterans Forum