2009

January 2009

• The royal families in our political midst

• The old ways are best: Mayhew relishes the subtleties of natural chalk

• Land-use debates grow more heated in Montezuma County

• Joseph Kennedy, Jr., gets a chilly reception on the Navajo Nation

• Funding for the Four Corners Monument may soon freeze up

February 2009

• What could climate change mean to the Four Corners?

• A report from the front in the Mexican wolf war

• Prairie dogs: Cute? Fun to shoot? Now researchers say they’re smart, too

• An asphalt plant generates heat in Montezuma County

• The aesthetic crossroads of Gloria Emerson

March 2009

• Park death raises community concern

• Home address: The parks of Cortez

• The threat of MRSA: Should you be scared?

• Kids roar for dinosaurs

• A furor over a proposed toxic-waste site near Hovenweep

• Concern and excitement about the potential of shale gas

April 2009

• A sustainable future for Cameron?

• On location: Guymon’s oils show southeastern Utah’s wonders

• The hotly debated Hovenweep waste site passes a hurdle

• Arguing over New Mexico’s air quality

May 2009

• One man’s story: A personal remembrance

• How do you get street people off the streets?

• Lower water levels for Totten Lake

• A life’s work: Feela’s poetry book is ‘an atlas of where I’ve been’

• A new film remembers the life and death of a Cortez teen

June 2009

• The threat of loose dogs

• A stray-cat solution: Trap, neuter, release

• Montezuma County says no to a proposed waste site

• Fashion show: An exhibit displays New Mexicans’ historic styles

• A case for pinon management

• A bug, a bush and a bird: The tamarisk controversy

July 2009

• Dolores County nixes a moly mine

• Pot-hunting frequently involves grave-digging

• ‘Leave them alone’

• Pot-hunting crackdown

• Arrests create uproar in Utah’s San Juan County

• A feast for music-lovers

• This couple makes community support a way of life

August 2009

• Where could Montezuma have an industrial area?

• Swamp doves and saloons

• Pondering the future of food

• KSJD celebrates move downtown, transfer of license

• Appearance of invasive sage worries officials

• Opinion: Disputing claims quoted in the 9-12 article

• The 9-12 Project: Who are they and why are they controversial?

September 2009

• ‘Wings’ shelter for abused women to open

• Two town halls demonstrate the deep division over health care

• Never a quiet moment for Montezuma County: Industrial proposals spark more lawsuits

• A historic trail is proposed to commemorate the Navajos’ Long Walk

• Beastly beauty: An exhibit depicts cougars in art, pop culture

October 2009

• Stepping Out: A local concert series launches another season

• More septic concerns in the tiny town of Bluff, Utah

• Montezuma County may put teeth in its dog law

• Desert Rock goes back to the drawing board

• Starry vistas prove a boon for Natural Bridges

• Dark Skies: Are they worth preserving?

• From fuel to food: As markets change, Dove Creek’s biodiesel plant shifts direction

November 2009

• Alternative views on combating flu: Holistic practitioners offer options for the vaccine-leery

• Swine-flu furor

• Casey McClellan on his lawsuit against the county

• Art in public places

December 2009

• Teams’ ‘respect’ for Indians is only Skin-deep

• Piecing together the past

• Living near industry can have drawbacks, citizens say

• Celebrating the holidays, Four Corners style

• Facing a painted reality