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Category Archives: July 2009
Dolores County nixes a moly mine
Commissioners cite lack of detail in Outlook Resources’ plan A proposal to mine a molybdenum deposit potentially worth billions of dollars in the mountains east of Rico was turned down June 11 — or actually June 12 — by the … Continue reading
Published in July 2009
Pot-hunting frequently involves grave-digging
Related stories Pot-hunting crackdown Arrests create uproar in Utah’s San Juan County ‘Leave them alone’ A dirty little fact about pot-hunting for Ancestral Pueblo artifacts is that it frequently involves digging up burials – grave-robbing, in other words. The … Continue reading
Published in July 2009
‘Leave them alone’
A modern-day Puebloan says disturbing artifacts shows disrespect Related stories Pot-hunting crackdown Arrests create uproar in Utah’s San Juan County Pot-hunting frequently involves grave-digging Ancestral Puebloan dwellings and burial sites aren’t sources of buried treasure but places with spiritual and … Continue reading
Published in July 2009
Pot-hunting crackdown
Indictments of Four Corners residents prompt cheers, anger Related stories Arrests create uproar in Utah’s San Juan County ‘Leave them alone’ Pot-hunting frequently involves grave-digging Sandy Bielenberg remembers the day in early 2007 when she came across a looted Ancestral … Continue reading
Published in July 2009
Arrests create uproar in Utah’s San Juan County
Related stories Pot-hunting crackdown ‘Leave them alone’ Pot-hunting frequently involves grave-digging The June 10 federal raids serving warrants on suspects in an alleged pothunting ring created a furor in San Juan County, Utah, home to 18 of the 24 … Continue reading
Published in July 2009
A feast for music-lovers
The Clavier Trio is among the plethora of talent that will be featured at Music in the Mountains 2009 Last year when the Clavier Trio performed at Carnegie Hall to a sold-out house, an usher came back stage during intermission … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, July 2009
This couple makes community support a way of life
It didn’t take Jack Schuenemeyer long to get involved in the community after arriving in Cortez in June 2001. By July he was helping to get a recreation center built in Cortez. “He wanted a place to swim,” said … Continue reading
Published in July 2009