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The Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center had a busy and productive year. The Mancos Valley website was updated and now includes a business directory that is inclusive of all businesses...
DATE: Jan. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
To many of us, the names Wetherill and Mesa Verde seem intertwined simply because the Wetherills discovered Cliff Palace. But why were they the ones to do it?We have to go back to 1832 when...
DATE: Jan. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
ARTISTS' OPPORTUNITIES: Artists nationwide are invited to apply for the 2013 Artist-in-Residence program at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Dolores, Colo. It is an awe-inspiring...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Welcome the Visitor Center's newest Mancos Valley Ambassador and also the Chamber of Commerce's newest member, Cody Edwards, who has been a resident in the Valley for a year. He works for a...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Last week I wrote about the early history of the Mancos school system. I closed with students coming into the stone high school building that we see as we drive past the school.A year later, in...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Happy New Year! We at the Mancos Public Library would like to extend best wishes to all the residents of the Mancos Valley for a happy, healthy & prosperous 2013. As with most people, the new year...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Since September 2012, the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce has been sponsoring "The Mancos Cash Mob" at various businesses in the Valley. It's a fun approach to encourage folks to shop local,...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
The ribbon cutting for the new pre-school (Early Learning Center) last Friday is another milestone for the Mancos school system that started in 1878 with an enlarged chicken coop and a sixteen year...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
On Jan. 7, Obama formally tapped Hagel to run the Pentagon. The move quickly set off a wave of opposition ads from pro-Israel groups. Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former Republican...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
The Mancos Valley Visitor Center has reopened. Office hours at the center are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. As we hunker down for the...
DATE: Jan. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DREAM: The 4th Annual Snow Show will take place concurrent with the Mancos Melt, sometime in March. There's more white stuff on the horizon, but don't wait. It is so gorgeous out...
DATE: Jan. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
I've had a couple of people say to me recently that Mancos was first settled by Mormons. I knew this wasn't true but began to wonder just how and why Mormons did come to the Mancos Valley.It got...
DATE: Jan. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
