Seven Meadows Farm, a 70-acre homestead between Mancos and Dolores, grows a wide variety of food crops for folks in the area. There are many buildings, trees and animals around the farm, and owners...

An excellent illustration of a CSA farm, or community supported agriculture, is Confluence Farm, on County Road 38. Mary Vozar and Paul Bohmann have worked for five years to grow spring greens and...

A day at the office for these two farmers is a long day, but very rewarding. It is mostly spent outdoors, doing what they love, and coaxing the earth to do what it does naturally — grow good...

LaChappelle takes animatronics to Intel science fair

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live past 100 years old? Imagine the changes you have seen during your lifetime. Betty Rumar, at the Valley Inn in Mancos, turned 103 in December....

The newest artist to join the Mancos Artisans Co-op is Kevin Hutchins, a painter. He comes from Woodstock, Ga., and lived in Arizona for five years before that. He’s only been in the Mancos area...

The featured artist at Raven House gallery for May is Brad Goodell, an artist whose background is in illustrating, but he uses his talent for a variety of media. Right now he’s working on glass...

Few of us know what we want to be when we grow up. But every once in a while, something will strike a chord within.“I knew by the time I was a freshman in high school that I wanted to be an...

Nancy Hains, one of the newest members of the Artisans Co-op in Mancos, has been a weaver and spinner for 15 years. But, she said, she’s been working with natural fibers for most of her life.“I...