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Come Back to My Valley: Now and then and then some more

An old adage says that history tends to repeat itself. Not always but sometimes even here in the Mancos Valley. In 2010 Curtis Chester Baker was born on Feb. 23, 1929. ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Columnists

One family in Christ, with values in sync?

I’ve been thinking recently about the phrase “family values.” This is a concept that inhabits both the religious and the political spheres. The extent to which those spheres influ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Firewise: It's time to prepare for wildfires

Although the smoke in the air this summer has mostly been from distant fires, residents of southwest Colorado are urged to prepare their properties for wildfires. Here are a few s...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

No better time to prepare your property for wildfires

By Rebecca Samulski Although the smoke in the air this summer has mostly been from distant fires, residents of southwest Colorado are urged to prepare their properties for wildfir...

DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Scorpius’ stars put sting in summer sky

Greetings, stargazers. The late afternoon monsoon clouds finally parted and made for a few good observing evenings recently. Unfortunately for me, a couple of those nights were ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Scorpius' stars put sting in summer sky

Greetings, stargazers. The late afternoon monsoon clouds finally parted and made for a few good observing evenings recently. Unfortunately for me, a couple of those nights were ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Others Say

It's 'our' river too that was desecrated

We're all downstream or downwind from something. That became all too visible last week as what's now listed as 3 million gallons of orange toxic waste from a long-abandoned gold m...

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

To quit those cigarettes, use more than one tool

Twenty million Americans have died from smoking-related disease in the past 50 years. Among people younger than 18, the U.S. Public Health Service predicts another 5.4 million sm...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Heard Around the West

Publicly confessed racism can move souls to peace

Recently I ran across a quote I’d once copied and saved. The quote says that “fear and loss brought to speech lead to energy.” It gives a corollary that “fear and loss not brought...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

New Horizons will give best view of Pluto

Greetings, stargazers. I hope you enjoyed the recent planetary conjunction in the western sky. From our perspective, Venus and Jupiter are now slowly separating from each other ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Others Say

A century old, Dinosaur National Monument deserves additional protections

River, canyon country deserves additional protections

DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

High and fast water makes for creative fishing

I’m not real religious when it comes to prayer. In fact my prayers are usually for good cigars, better whiskey, and fish in love with dry flies. I’m a man of simple needs. Howeve...

DATE: Jul 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range