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Make sure stress doesn’t throw away all your nutrients

Do this with me, breathe in deep through your nose and out slowly through your mouth. (Repeat three times.) It’s been a peculiar year to say the least! With the COVID-19 pandemic,...

DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Harrison Raine: Time to support wildland firefighters

By mid-September, there was no one left to call. The West, with its thousands of federal, state and local fire engines and crews, had been tapped out. Wildfires across the West had con...

DATE: Dec 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The uprising of Polk and Posey in 1915

Shooting leads posse from Cortez on manhunt to Bluff City

DATE: Nov 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Bears in the woods: Social distancing with big bruins

Social distancing is the best way to appreciate majestic bruins

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

The pioneers and outlaws of McElmo Canyon

Part 2 The first record of irrigation in McElmo was 1888, and four ranches hold this priority. Most all the McElmo Canyon ranches hold early water rights. About 1928, John Miller ...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Unlawful public lands head invites chaos

A Montana judge recently ruled the head of the Bureau of Land Management had illegally served as the agency’s director for more than a year. That’s a big deal, seeing as it is the...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Word Moved Into the Neighborhood

4-H launches new year with many opportunities ahead

October is exciting as it kicks off our new 4-H year! We are working hard on planning new virtual and in-person events for our 4-H members and community members. In November, we ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sheriff Update

An elk hunter welcomes wolves

Reintroduction would restore the ecological balance

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Walter Halls’ McElmo history

Editor’s note: Part 2 of Walter Hall’s McElmo History will appear in Looking Back article on Nov. 4.The first record of irrigation in McElmo Canyon was in 1888. Four ranches held this pr...

DATE: Oct 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back

For young ‘explorers,’ learning comes naturally in the outdoors

By Mike Bienkowski San Juan Mountains Association It is early June, and we are five minutes into our first day of San Juan Mountains Association’s “San Juan Ramblers” n...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

The passing of a Pueblo elder: Remembering Peter Pino

He deepened the understanding of Mesa Verde’s past

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Building resilience in youths through innovative programs

When it comes to public health programming for youths, San Juan Basin Public Health focuses on the promotion of healthy behaviors as well as prevention, policy and system change. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: County Administrator