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Category Archives: May 2013
Excited by individuality
Goodnight shares her artistic vision through workshops and a new paint-out On a blustery afternoon in early spring, Veryl Goodnight is in her studio painting sled dogs. There are six of them, each dog a different individual, which is why … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Chickens are coming home to roost in local towns
Recently, the Mancos Town Board decided not to regulate chickens within town limits. Hens and roosters are not subject to any regulation – which is just fine with 41 percent of 103 residents who answered a town survey about chickens. … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Tagged Mancos livestock
Montezuma County’s new commission is shaking things up
On April 29, Mark Rogers, a developer and restaurant owner, came before the Montezuma County commissioners to ask what rights he has to develop a five-acre parcel in the Dolores River Valley under the system of Transferable Development Rights in … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Uses by right
Changes to land-use code would increase flexibility in industrial and commercial zones Montezuma County residents with land zoned for commercial or industrial uses will be able to take a number of actions – from manufacturing insecticides to repairing cars to … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Tagged land-use code
Hard times for cattle ranchers, hay farmers
Before summer even arrives, the specter of drought is casting its desiccated shadow over the farms and fields of Southwest Colorado, imperiling hay crops and forcing ranchers to thin their herds. The year kicked off with a winter that blessed … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Sacred art for sale: The impact of a Paris auction
The scheduled sale of 70 ceremonial Native American masks became the focus of world attention last month as the Hopi Tribe in the southwestern United States tried to delay the auction of masks they believed might have been illegally obtained … Continue reading
Published in May 2013
Working to improve access to the monument
Although visitors can easily find striking sandstone formations punctuated with Ancestral Puebloan sites when they visit Sand Canyon south of Cortez, finding adequate parking is often another matter. During the spring and fall, vehicles crowd onto an uneven slickrock area … Continue reading
Published in May 2013