Editorials

  • Nothing to crow about

    • After spending a good deal of time talking about it and reviewing a survey, the Mancos Town Board recently voted to leave the chickens, roosters and other birds in town alone.

    Right now, there is now regulation...

  • Science students impressive

    • If I have learned anything in the first few weeks as the editor of the Mancos Times, it is that the science students coming out of Mancos are impressive to say the least. Four students went to the state science fair...

  • Looking for an eggnapper

    • The ladies at the VFW reported a wonderful Easter egg hunt the Saturday before Easter, with one exception - there is a eggnapper somewhere in Mancos, yet to be found.

    A report given to the Mancos Town Board...

  • Wind brought strange rain

    • The wind on Monday was fierce. It blew and blew and obscured our view of Mesa Verde, and at some points the road in front of us. But I was also sad to hear the wind also claimed the hoop house installed by Mancos...

  • Fact Check

    • Critics of Section 753 of the budget bill claimed that it "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to...

  • Good fortune finds Mancos library

    • Local residents Patsy and Kenny Smith recently turned their good luck into fortune at the Monsanto Annual Consultant Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 6-8, 2013. Entered into a drawing early in the convention,...

  • Railroad in Mancos has rich, smelly history

    • When the Rio Grande Southern Railroad was completed through Mancos in 1891, the section house was the lone building still sitting in the Noland pasture. The depot was a revamped barn just to the north of it. George...

  • Virtue vs. impurity

    • The moral excellence evident in my life as I consistently do what is right.

  • Happy to be here

    • Hello Mancos. My name is Shannon Livick and I will be the editor of the Mancos Times, starting this week. Some of you may know me, some of you may not. I grew up in the area, going to school in Dolores, graduating from...