2014

January 2014

• Montezuma rocks!

• Pot sales begin, but local law officers have fears

• Fat is in

• Navajo Nation buys coal mine from BHP Billiton

• Sweeping new public-lands plan nearly final

February 2014

• Always on the move

• Racial-discrimination suit still pending

• Out-of-compliance deck sparks fresh debate

• Planning commission mulls ways to tweak river rules

• Red Arrow mine owner says he’s done no wrong

March 2014

• Disorderly-conduct trial aborted, for now . . .

• A botanical encyclopedia for the Four Corners

• Smith’s deck prompts another public hearing

• Former sheriff questions use of LEA funds to lease cars

• Shall we dance?

• Experts say it is possible to live with those bothersome dam-building rodents

• Debate still raging over Dolores River Valley Plan

April 2014

• A ‘wrenching’ new film explores the legacy of Edward Abbey

• Thinking outside the box

• Juggling act on the Dolores River

• Freight rail in the Four Corners: Is it feasible, or a pipe dream?

• For hemp advocates, green could mean gold

May 2014

• A road less traveled

• Where the beefalo roam

• Ban on ‘non-native’ endangered species passes

• Lawsuit charges mill with violating laws for radon releases, open pits

• Where the wild things are

• New educational approach is STEAMing up

June 2014

• Former commissioners comment on DRVP

• Nowlin, Lambert win big in GOP primary

• An inviting history of an intriguing site

• Artistic uprising

• Dolores River Valley Plan to go to public hearing

• On the (closed) road again in Utah

• Speedy acquittal

• Spruell proud of openness, innovations

• Nowlin calls for better leadership

• Lyman ‘gratified’ by support, shocked by size of response

• Erasing history

• Former undersheriff starts 30-day sentence

• Letter from DWCD to Montezuma County commissioners

July 2014

• Escalante Days: 38 years of summer fun

• Gas-venting causes worries, but no danger

• The legend of Tarzan (Brown, that is)

• Montezuma County just says ‘no’ to pot

• Group urges county to ‘keep public roads open’

• ‘Cannabusiness’ b(l)ooming in trendy Telluride

• County scraps TDRs

• County to reimburse owners of platted TDRs

August 2014

• Church Rock residents commemorate a disaster

• Horse advocates protest at Mesa Verde

• New bridge eases troubled waters

• A local group works to provide Native citizens a home away from home

• Users gather to hash out travel management

• Too close for comfort?

• Drink a cold one for conservation

• Suit filed over TDRs

September 2014

• Changes to the management of San Juan Public Lands

• How building a street led to a historic recall election

• Tenth Circuit won’t rehear Salt Creek Case

• Saints and sinners

• Fork in the road battle? Montezuma County is moving to take a tougher stance with federal agencies in disputes over access on public lands

• Turning a fresh page: Cortez’s sole bookstore reaches out via social media to tout its diverse, plentiful inventory

• Spreading a message of hope: The Piñon Project is offering a program that uses both schoolkids and adults to prevent suicide among youth

• McElmo Canyon ‘megatransect’: An intrepid duo sets out to explore the length of the creek on foot

• Off the beaten path Montezuma County is considering closing the only access to little-known Yucca House National Monument

• The nature of beauty: A former local resident’s new film examines the treatment of facial abnormalities

October 2014

• ‘Postmark Mesa Verde’

• Steele aims for the sheriff’s position

• Board mulls ‘southern liaison’ post

• A plethora of choices in San Juan County

• Utrup hopes to be ‘best ever’

• A staunch conservative

• Utah climbers’ village runs into obstacles, seeks new site

• County fires landfill manager

• Kinder Morgan sues county over requirement

November 2014

• Colorado man sentenced for illegal wildlife killings

• Nowlin, Lambert, Percell big winners

• Ghost stories

• Wild talk

• The tide runs red

• Turmoil and turbulence

• Company sues county over permit requirements

• Strained relations

December 2014

• Remembering the sacrifices of First Americans

• Navajo president’s race in limbo

• A new book recounts stories of the Nuclear West and its people

• Poaching-ring head is sentenced to prison

• County seeks dismissal of CO2 company’s lawsuit

• Friends and foes