Dining among the dwellings

I ate rattlesnake at Mesa Verde. It sounds like a pitch for a Halloween horror show, but when I was offered a bite at the Metate Room in Mesa Verde’s Far View Lodge, I was pretty sure I heard the...

DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Gail in the Garden: The importance of trees

When we moved to Colorado in 1998, one of the first things we planted was a blue spruce tree because we have always had one in the yard of every house we’ve owned. Then we planted a weeping cherry...

DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Sunflower gets international film festival

Area residents will be given the opportunity to decide if a German, Swiss, Turkish, French, Chilean, Danish, British or American film director should win the 18th Annual Manhattan Short Film...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Mrs. Colorado pageant seeks contestant from Montezuma County

For The Cortez Journal The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is accepting applications from married women to represent Montezuma County as a state finalist on April 16 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Local auction, sale planned for Labor Day weekend

In the market for a pair of Victorian ladies shoes or a 1940s gas station ticket writer? Antiques and collectible hunters in Cortez have their choice of Labor Day weekend sales and auctions this...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Southwest Colorado lags in health coverage

DENVER – Counties in southwest Colorado lag the rest of the state in closing the uninsured health gap, according to a report released Tuesday. The Colorado Health Access Survey, which was...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Briefs

League gets update on behavioral health The local League of Women Voters will hear an overview of what’s new in Colorado and with federal legislation for behavioral health care on Saturday, Sept....

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

New owner assumes debt, legacy of rally

When Johnny Valdez was 25 years old, he heard a motorcycle rally was going to be held in La Plata County. A lifelong Ignacio resident and avid biker who cut his teeth riding dirt bikes as a...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Chaco, Cahokia on tap at Sunflower speech

For the Cortez Journal Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance presents Dr. Steve Lekson on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. The lecture is free and part of the Four...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Library plans event on early literacy

The Cortez Public Library is sponsoring a SPELL (Supporting Parents in Early Literacy through Libraries) event on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1:30 p.m. The program targets families with children under 4...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

South African horticulturist speaks about rare plants

For The Cortez Journal Georg Fritz, horticulturist at Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa, talks about his experiences with rare plants and succulents for the South African National Botanical...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Magazine: Durango a top getaway

Durango recently earned a nod of approval from 5280 The Denver Magazine, which deemed the city of 17,000 No. 1 of “Seven Spectacular Small Town Getaways” in Colorado. The article details ways to...

DATE: Sept. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

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