Come Back to My Valley: Looking back at C of Mancos residents

The flowers at the entrance to the Methodist Church seem more beautiful each summer than the summer before. This week I'll write about more C's. Jennie Smith (Carpenter...

Vesicular stomatitis declines, but spreads

Numbers are lower but across wider area

Football: Mancos loses opener against a strong Norwood team

The Mancos Blue Jays lost their season-opener at Norwood on Friday evening, 48-12. The Blue Jays offense struggled early, going three-and-out on their first three possessions. ...

Blue Jays football opens against 10-1 Norwood

Preseason scrimmages are over for the Mancos Blue Jays football team. While some area schools are set to play an exhibition-type scrimmage during what is deemed "zero-week" for th...

What's ahead for Mancos sports

Football Thursday, August 27 at Norwood at 7 p.m. Cross Country Friday, Aug. 28 atCheyenne Mountain Stampede (Pre-State) in Colorado Springs at 11:30 a.m. ...

Mancos cross-country teams return all varsity runners

There's only one way the Mancos boys cross-country team can top last year's second place state finish. And with all of last year's varsity runners returning, the Blue Jays are amb...

Steps to Success

Los Pinos donates ambulance to SCCC

Southwest Colorado Community College's emergency medical services coordinator, Troy Salazar, was handed the keys to an ambulance on Wednesday, Aug. 19, that will be used to help train studen...

Community Calendar

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Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world's media

Within 48 hours of the Gold King Mine spill, media from across the nation and around the world began converging on Durango to report about a river that turned orange. Michael Dav...

Young eagles are spreading their wings

Clinton loses track of email controversy

Hillary Clinton gave an odd - and inaccurate - account of how the controversy over her emails as secretary of state mushroomed into a public spectacle. "If I had not asked for my...