Goats Milk Soap Handmade in Mancos
The St. Hilaire family’s business started out as a 4H project raising goats, now they hand-craft soaps and lotions made from 40 percent goat milk, and they have customers from all over the country.
County Clerk: Fraud Rare with Mail Voting
Voter fraud is nearly non-existent, and mail-in balloting a number of safeguards are in place to protect the integrity of each vote, according to the President of the Colorado County Clerk’s Association.
Meet Your First Responder: Sgt. Deck Shaline
Deck Shaline has known since he was a kid that he wanted to serve his community as a police officer. He’s done so now for nearly 34 years.
Folk Artist Carves Roadside Attraction
All that Montezuma County folk artist Dave Sites needs to create a carving is a chainsaw, a chunk of wood and the inspiration the wood gives him. Stop by his roadside museum on the way to Cortez.
Cortez’s Bluebird Flour Flies Out the Door
If you like fresh, local food, you can’t get any fresher or more local than Bluebird Flour, manufactured right here in Southwest Colorado. Find out why Bluebird Flour flies out the door once it’s milled.
$31 Million in Contracts for Local Business
The giant construction project to re-route U.S. Highway 550 off Farmington Hill to connect with the Grandview Interchange will include $31 million in contracts for local contractors.
Region’s Only Waldorf Preschool Opens
A small, rural preschool in Weber Canyon south of Mancos offers a curriculum based on the Waldorf Method, an approach to education that allows to learn from exploring their own curiosity.
100th Anniversary of Women Voting
Women fought for the right to vote for more than 70 years when they finally won with the ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. Join the Non-Rally Rally on August 22 to celebrate.
Brewfest Goes Virtual; Order by Aug. 21
The San Juan Brewfest has fallen victim to the COVID Crisis, but not to worry. You can still try a variety of beers by ordering a tasting kit online and enjoying your beer at home.
Person-to-Person Giving Network Starts
The economic chaos that the pandemic has caused among families and others in need has inspired the re-emergence of mutual aid networks across the country, and now one has started in SWCO.