Keith Williams, a local artist, explains a nostalgic, playful wall piece of Looney Tunes characters he created with postage stamp collections and old wine coasters.
Chance Curiosities: Cortez artist Keith Williams turns the ordinary into art
Keith Williams, a local artist, explains a nostalgic, playful wall piece of Looney Tunes characters he created with postage stamp collections and old wine coasters.
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Emily Hayes/The Journal
Chuck Melvin, one of the first K-9 Search and Rescue members in the area, poses with his rescue dog Quiddity after a training session on Saturday morning.
Chuck Melvin, one of the first K-9 Search and Rescue members in the area, poses with his rescue dog Quiddity after a training session on Saturday morning.
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Emily Hayes/The Journal
Flight nurse Ellie Jaramillo Bisland, nurse paramedic and flight supervisor Brent Hamilton and pilot Rick Walters with San Juan Medical Center’s AirCare helicopter spoke with rescue groups about the best way to communicate if an AirCare helicopter is needed for a search and rescue mission.
Flight nurse Ellie Jaramillo Bisland, nurse paramedic and flight supervisor Brent Hamilton and pilot Rick Walters with San Juan Medical Center’s AirCare helicopter spoke with rescue groups about the best way to communicate if an AirCare helicopter is needed for a search and rescue mission.
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Emily Hayes/The Journal
2-year-old German Shepherd River wears mutt goggles as the AirCare helicopter lands at the K-9 Search and Rescue headquarters.
A rescue dog handler poses with her 1-year-old puppy Kemper after a training session Saturday morning.
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Emily Hayes/The Journal
Dog handlers Michael Klinger, left, Sean Warburton, middle, and Michelle Warburton, right, are seen with their rescue dogs Qorri, left, and Laihla, right, Saturday morning after a training session.
Dog handlers Michael Klinger, left, Sean Warburton, middle, and Michelle Warburton, right, are seen with their rescue dogs Qorri, left, and Laihla, right, Saturday morning after a training session.
Emily Hayes/The Journal
Emily Hayes/The Journal
Dog handlers Andy Bouet and Nancy Sklavos with the K-9 Search and Rescue team accustom a 2-year-old German Shepherd named River to the sound and sight of an AirCare helicopter Saturday morning.
Dog handlers Andy Bouet and Nancy Sklavos with the K-9 Search and Rescue team accustom a 2-year-old German Shepherd named River to the sound and sight of an AirCare helicopter Saturday morning.
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Duane “Chili” Yazzie stands in the same location where he marched in 1974 during civil rights protests tied to the murder of three Navajo men that prompted a federal investigation. He represented the Navajo perspective in a 2005 follow-up federal investigation.
After 45 years, have race relations improved in Farmington?
Duane “Chili” Yazzie stands in the same location where he marched in 1974 during civil rights protests tied to the murder of three Navajo men that prompted a federal investigation. He represented the Navajo perspective in a 2005 follow-up federal investigation.
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Courtesy of Duane “Chili” Yazzie
Civil rights protesters fill the streets of Farmington in 1974 after white teenagers murdered three Navajo men. Years later, city, county and Navajo representatives weighed how far the community has come and what still needs to be done.
After 45 years, have race relations improved in Farmington?
Civil rights protesters fill the streets of Farmington in 1974 after white teenagers murdered three Navajo men. Years later, city, county and Navajo representatives weighed how far the community has come and what still needs to be done.
Courtesy of Duane “Chili” Yazzie
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The globally rare Chapin Mesa milkvetch, is known to exist only at Mesa Verde National Park and on Ute Mountain Ute land. It is proposed for “threatened” status under the Endangered Species Act.
Feds propose protection for rare plant in Mesa Verde National Park
The globally rare Chapin Mesa milkvetch, is known to exist only at Mesa Verde National Park and on Ute Mountain Ute land. It is proposed for “threatened” status under the Endangered Species Act.