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Thousands of people visit Pueblo in August or September every year to attend the Colorado State Fair and the Chile and Frijoles Festival. Those are great events, but if visitors don’t take in...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
The San Juan Brewfest is celebrating two decades as the largest beer fest in the Four Corners on Saturday, but it’s still just shy of drinking age. “It’s almost legal. In one more year, it will be...
DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
It’s been an ideal summer for bug infestations with the hot, dry weather, and many visitors at the garden center have been complaining that they’ve been spraying and spraying, but that their...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Right about now you should be finding a bumper crop of squash in your garden. Zucchini, yellow, scalloped, crookneck, spaghetti, butternut and more all make for delicious meals from now through the...
DATE: Aug. 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Two years ago in this space, I told the story of a Mississippi woman Katherine Green who got caught in the unsavory business practices of the air...
DATE: July 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
The trail system from Molas Pass to Coal Bank Pass, closed during the 416 Fire, reopened with celebratory fanfare. Cross-state hikers on the Colorado Trail are now completing journeys from Denver...
DATE: July 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
For the first time in Durango Farmers Market history, alcohol is being offered by a vendor. Sutcliffe Vineyards, located 20 miles west of Cortez near the Canyons of the Ancients, offers wine...
DATE: July 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Editor’s note: This is the final of three columns about fire-wise homes. Wildfires are nature’s way of taking care of itself. It clears out old underbrush, dead trees, overly dry wood and in some...
DATE: July 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
A new health insurance option awaits consumers this fall. Proponents say it will offer lower premiums and relief from increasingly expensive Obamacare policies sold in the so-called individual...
DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and...
DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Jordan Meyers didn’t always want to be a farmer. Around 10 years ago, he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do. Spurned by the idea of being self-reliant, he started farming. “I was looking for...
DATE: July 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
For Pets’ Sake Humane Society will host its 11th annual Summer Wine Festival 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, at Cliffrose Garden Center just east of Cortez on U.S. Highway 160. “Party with Ric...
DATE: July 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
