Mesa Verde a finalist in Sunset awards
Sunset magazine plans to hold its first Travel Awards program – and two of the four finalists for Best Cultural Attraction are in Southwest Colorado.
Mesa Verde National Park and Music in the Mountains are up against the LanSu Chinese Gardens in Portland, Oregon, and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. They made the cut from applications from 13 Western states as well as British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
Winners will be announced in the June 2015 issue.
Visit www.sunset.com/travel/sunset-travel-awards to learn more.
Mercy receives ultrasound approval
Mercy Regional Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound after an extensive review by the American College of Radiology.
Ultrasound imaging uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of internal body parts to help providers diagnose illness, injury or other medical problems.
Mercy’s accreditation includes the applications of ultrasound in obstetrics, gynecology, general and vascular.
The accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety.
More information, visit www.mercydurango.org.
Hesperus calls it quits for this ski season
With unseasonably warm temperatures in the area the last two weeks, and more ahead, Hesperus Ski Area owner Jim Pitcher has decided to turn out the lights for the season. Monday was its last day of operation.
“When it is this warm, not only does the snow disappear, but so do the customers,” Pritchard wrote in an email.
The ski area has offered a variety of hours this season, but mostly has been open from late afternoon to mid-evening recently to allow for skiing under the lights.
BLM oil, gas lease auction brings in $319K
Federal land managers say an auction of oil and gas leases on 22 parcels in Colorado netted more than $319,000.
The BLM said the leases sold Thursday covered about 15,000 acres, or about 24 square miles.
The highest per-acre cost was $120 on a Moffat County parcel. Williams Fork Land Co. of Craig purchased the 481-acre lease.
The state receives 49 percent of the proceeds of lease sales. The BLM says Colorado received more than $169 million in royalties, rentals and other payments from oil, gas and other minerals on federal land in fiscal 2014, which ended in September.
Cortez Farmers Market plans spring meeting
The Cortez Farmers Market invites vendors to attend its spring meeting Saturday, March 21, in the meeting room of the Southwest Memorial Hospital’s Physician Building, at 20 S. Market St. in Cortez.
The meeting begins at 2 p.m. and includes a financial report, market manager’s report, a review of the 2014 season and rules and regulations, and instructions and time lines for vendor applications.
More information: Contact Theresa at theresaincortez@gmail.com or call the Extension Office at (970) 565-3123.
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