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Duane “Chili” Yazzie: Haaland at Interior would offer real balance

The concerns of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, Power the Future and the Republican Party of New Mexico on the nomination of Deb ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Poinsettias can be saved, if you put the work in

As you are reading this, Beth may be taking down the Christmas tree. She is no Scrooge, by any means. Our house has been full of lights and fir boughs, and our mantle is scattere...

DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sheriff Update

Surprising and subtle effects of COVID-19

I was watching “The Crown” the other evening and for a split second thought, “Nobody’s wearing masks, and they’re all gathering too closely together!” It startled me that I’m so used to livi...

DATE: Jan 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Writers on the Range: When water dries up, it can be deadly

In Oregon, the Klamath Basin wildlife refuges have fallen into their winter silence now. The huge, clamorous flocks of geese that fill the sky during migration have moved south. Last summe...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Mitchell Ranch in Cortez told secrets of a lost civilization

Early Montezuma County residents share history of the ancients

DATE: Dec 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Lost and hungry scouts: A Mormon Christmas story

In 1879, four men navigated the treacherous canyons of Utah to establish Bluff

DATE: Dec 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

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