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 ...

How to get started on choosing a health-care provider

There are many options from which to choose when it comes to medical care – primary care physicians, specialists, and nurse practitioners and physician assistants who work in conjunction wit...

Play your cards right, and be healthy in old age

Why is that some people ease into their older years with relative ease, while others struggle with a chronic illness or an annoying array of medical problems? According to Cortez...

During dry spells, trust God to get you going again

Shift happens. Pastors, like all folks, suffer occasional desert dry spells, when God’s presence feels non-existent. Most often these dry spells occur when a pastor fee...

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...

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...

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...

Hermosa bill up in the air When it’ll take flight, only Congress can say

ABOVE HERMOSA CREEK – Flying several thousand feet above this proposed federal protection area, the view is far and clear. This is an awesome place of immense value to sportsmen, ...

Making Ute history live The enduring legacy of Clifford Duncan

Clifford Duncan passed away this winter, and with his passing went centuries of Ute cultural knowledge about land and landscape. A World War II veteran in his 80s living in Neola, Utah, near...

‘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...

Jerry McCaw honored as Cattleman of the Year

The La Plata Archuleta Cattlemen had their annual banquet on April 26. The highlight of the evening is the naming of the Cattleman of the Year. This year's honoree, selected by a committee i...

Bible doesn’t paint life by numbers – use your mind, heart and soul

Some lessons our parents never taught us. Consider not getting those lessons a parental oversight, or consider those missing lessons as lessons our parents never learned in the first place. ...