Thinking About Health: Food safety law good for consumers – if funded

Just five years ago, Congress passed a big, widely hailed law that promised to make Americas’ food supply safer. But because of inadequate funding for new regulations and inspectors, the promise...

DATE: July 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Mercy to offer free education to those with prediabetes

For The Cortez Journal People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Effectively managing prediabetes can help prevent diabetes....

DATE: July 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Center of Southwest Studies ‘Myths of the West in Film’ series continues

The Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” with Michele Malach’s talk, “The Fall Will Probably Kill You: The Myths of the West in Film,” on...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Moab’s dilemma

On Memorial Day 2015, the Utah Highway Patrol closed the entrance to Arches National Park. The line of cars waiting to gain access was over a mile long, creating a traffic hazard as it backed out...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Ranger explains NAGPRA’s impact on Mesa Verde

Park Ranger Lara Lloyd will present a thought-provoking talk about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and how it impacts Mesa Verde on Thursday, July 30. The program, titled...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

K9 Search and Rescue plans pancake fundraiser

K9 Search and Rescue Team needs the community’s help to continue their mission of helping to find missing people. A pancake breakfast fundraiser will be held on Aug. 8 from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. at...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Family of M-CHS grad and vet raising funds for equipped home

An online fundraising campaign is aiming to help an Iraq war veteran and 1987 M-CHS grad make mortgage payments on a handicap-equipped home to house his family of seven. The GoFundMe campaign for...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Mancos Days kicks off this weekend

For over five decades, for one summer weekend, the town of Mancos has let loose to celebrate small-town living by way of Mancos Days. The three-day extravaganza is jam-packed with events that, in...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Weigh in on FLC license plate

In April, Fort Lewis College announced it was applying for a Colorado license plate to promote the school. The college must include the design in the application, and is now presenting two designs...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Music in Mountains now at family hour

Free hot dogs and root beer floats await young families at this year’s Music in the Mountains free family concert July 27. The free picnic is a tradition, but the former Family Festivo has turned...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Briefs

Ranger explains NAGPRA’s impact on Mesa Verde Park Ranger Lara Lloyd will present a thought-provoking talk about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and how it impacts Mesa...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

80 Years Ago

McDaniels Brothers Are Still at Liberty The McDaniels killers, slayers of sheriff W. W. Dunlap and James Westfall, were still at large at the hour of going to press and there is no hope of their...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

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