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Wilderness Act turns 50: Time to honor land left wild

What is wilderness? As stated in the Wilderness Act, “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the ear...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

From the Extension Small choices can lead to big savings

Are you leaving money on the table? Recently, the blog DoughRoller grabbed my attention with an item about compounding. The premise was that long-term reduced spending increases ...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Sheriff Update

An interview with Allie Meadows Baer Life at Meadows Trading Post

I was born at the trading post down on the San Juan River. It was located about 20 miles south and west of Shiprock, N.M. My dad had built the trading post, and we lived there for six or s...

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Benefits exist for Montezuma County veterans

Editor’s note: I would like to introduce you to Rick Torres, Montezuma County Veterans Service officer. Rick moved his family from Florida after being hired in April. He and Bud C...

DATE: Dec 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

All eyes to the sky

FLC graduate watches birds of prey to understand their migratory routes

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

The eternal pardon that Christ offers

During the American Revolution, a pastor named Peter Miller endured the incessant insults of a man named Michael Wittman. Wittman could not stand the Christian faith of the parson Miller. ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | 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

As year begins, try letting go

We begin another year. We put an arbitrary mark on the calendar. It is a date the world agrees on, and we say we’ve entered a New Year. Tracking the passage of time beginning at Greenwich, ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Three obstacles that the hopeful face

Hope for the future often exists as the sole reason for most of us to go on living. Hope inspires us, attracts us, and gives us a reason to get up every morning. Without hope for the future,...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Remember our vets as holiday lights go up

'Tis the season. Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and then the shopping mania will begin. Sometimes I think that we have forgotten what Christmas is all about. I...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Add to holidays’ joy with a wild tree

The time of year has come to begin thinking about Christmas trees. Not everyone cares about this topic, but for those who do, it can be very serious. Fir trees tend to be a popul...