2013

January 2013

• Meetings to be held on listing for sage grouse (web only)

• New board fails to reappoint longtime attorney (web only)

• Something ought to be done, by golly

• Field of dreams?

• The struggle to bring water to Navajo Mountain

• How to preserve native languages?

• Eyes on the Skies

• The Bridge shelter survives its own fiscal cliff

February 2013

• Mural, mural on the wall

• Did you hear the buzz?

• Exploring a toxic legacy

• Montezuma County likely to pay ‘quite a bit more’ for attorney

• A new foundation designed to support Canyons of the Ancients

• The Boggy-Glade travel plan draws 25 appeals

• A big flap over a small bird

March 2013

• Natural disasters plague the Navajo Nation this winter

• Reviving the local farm economy

• Opportunities offered to view sage-grouse mating dance

• The county questions land sales in Canyons of the Ancients

• Celebrate spring with tea eggs

April 2013

• Woman dies in park

• County administrator resigns

• Why make art? For locals, the reasons are many

• A new book on the history of Trail Canyon

• Reducing cat colonies

• Waste not, want not: How the landfill handles trash challenges

• Questions about cleaning up contaminated sites

• What lies ahead for the San Juans?

• Seeking to stave off an endangered listing for the sage grouse

May 2013

• Excited by individuality

• Chickens are coming home to roost in local towns

• Montezuma County’s new commission is shaking things up

• Uses by right

• Hard times for cattle ranchers, hay farmers

• Sacred art for sale: The impact of a Paris auction

• Working to improve access to the monument

• Debating a lease renewal for the Navajo Generating Station

June 2013

• Rules file notice of intent to sue

• ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ just Khan’t quite make it

• Healing jewels

• A new book revisits the 1998 Four Corners manhunt

• The Navajo Nation nixes access for uranium mining

• Have plans stalled for a resort at the Grand Canyon?

• Cycling’s impact on the area’s economy

July 2013

• Going loco over locomotives

• Locals hope for monsoon rain, but drought forecast is unclear

• Fire restrictions cover BLM, national-forest lands

• Invasion of the Eurasian collared doves

• Controversy over a left turn in Montezuma County

• Trail-planning work continues in Dolores

• Will river regulations be relaxed?

August 2013

• Sacred Images

• Letter draws criticism from board

• County mulls road-takeover resolution

• Trying to tip the scales toward health for Navajos

• Impact of Apache County resolutions is disputed

September 2013

• Sign of the drought: A conflict over lawn-watering

• Passions run high over river-valley regulations

• Cortez? A night life? Yes, it’s actually happening

• Hearing on river-valley rules draws 100

October 2013

• Rare breed: Churro sheep are critically linked to Navajo culture

• County officials aided in Cronk investigation

• Debate heats up over Dolores River Valley rules

• Fire districts make their case for mill-levy increases

• Freedom to accept grants: Montezuma County Hospital District says Referendum 5D will be a win-win

• BLM, San Juan National Forest release long-awaited resource management plan

• A familiar mural in Cortez is geting a much-needed facelift

November 2013

• A Utah lands bill: Mission impossible?

• Rafter-rancher conflict makes for troubled waters

• Obamacare or IHS?

December 2013

• A new bug is taking a bite out of local pines

• Winter greens

• Citizens cite concerns about sage-grouse listing

• Does your child’s school have CO detectors?

• Close call in Montezuma Creek