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Public libraries continue to be battered by a national economy whose recovery from the Great Recession is proving to be sluggish at best. While providing what many state and local governments view...

We tend to forget what a harsh winter would have meant to the early Mancos settlers. Somehow they were able to freight in enough supplies and shared with one another. Then when things looked okay...

There is no greater blow to a society than when its children are harmed. How do we support our children who affected by violence?"After a traumatic event, children's questions always go back to...

In 1879, the school was updated somewhat with lumber being brought in from Parrot City. 'I think' this was when the school was actually brought into town and the fort was built around it. Some...

At the community dinner last Friday, the businesses were acknowledged for their efforts to light up the town. Kilgore Indian Art donated a Navajo weaving for the first place winner. The Mancos...

I have been thinking a lot about libraries lately. They have figured large in my life since I was about four years old! My library of choice, although I have used a large number of them big and...

I've been asked to come up to the late 1960s with my column but I want to complete some of the earliest history before doing that.In 1878 a school was built. It was partly a dugout that had been...

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW: It's never too early to start snapping shots of the gorgeous snow that has descended on the Mancos Valley. The 4th Annual Snow Show will take place concurrent with the Mancos...

The art wall is featuring the work of Claudia Whitman this month. Her work keeps evolving and becoming more and more interesting. We decided to do an interview with her to get her perspective!MPL:...

During 2011 and 2012, the Energy Institute of the University of Texas at Austin conducted a study that led to the preparation and release of a report entitled, "Fact-Based Regulation for...

We kind of forget about time and distance since we can travel to Pueblo in a matter of hours. In the spring of 1876, however, Manse Reid and Charley Frink came to the Mancos Valley looking for...