Ripe for pickin': 'Tis the season to start thinking about all things related to apples

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:21:14 -0600

This is a banner year, an "awesome year," for apples, according to orchardists in the High Rolls-Mountain Park area of the Tularosa Basin.

Running With A Fork: Use tofu before your weekend getaway

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:12:41 -0600

Well, it's time once again for my fall sojourn — a chance to recharge the batteries and resharpen the tines of this dulling fork. Nearly every year, just before the hustle and bustle of Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta, I take the opportunity to escape the workaday world and learn how to relax again.

Summit Up 9-8-10: Where we're not afraid to say 'Flying Fish!'

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:11:17 -0600

Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that is grimacing a little bit after having to break out the fleece for the first time Tuesday morning for our morning commute. Wow - it's like the people who figured out the calendar and the whole Labor Day/last day of summer thing really had things dialed this year. As soon as Labor Day Weekend was over - WHAMMO! Frost on the ...

WP Council looks at comp plan

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:08:33 -0600

Woodland Park City Council spent time before and after its regular meeting this past week discussing the city’s comprehensive plan. The plan was recently approved by the planning commission.

News briefs

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:17:59 -0600

The Colorado Trappers Association Rendezvous will be held 5 miles up Garfield Creek (follow signs) south of New Castle on Labor day weekend (Friday evening to Monday morning). There will be lots of camping available.

Brevard named one of the best small towns in America

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:55:26 -0600

In Budget Travel's fifth-annual celebration of hometown escapes across the USA, we're spotlighting 10 places that somehow pack in more personality than cities triple their size. How? It all comes down to the people.

Eat Local Week at a glance

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:39:40 -0600

2010-09-02

Colorado Mountain Winefest receives accolades from national magazine

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:57:57 -0600

In the September issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, the Colorado Mountain Winefest is named one of the "5–to–try Fall Wine Festivals" in the country.

(RWire) Athletics: Pifer, Heineck Win Inaugural Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:32:03 -0600

More than 1,500 participants from 46 states experience Willamette Valley.

Kandahar boardwalk is a world away from war

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:15:52 -0600

It was a broiling fall evening in this southern Afghan battlezone, and U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Reed wanted to celebrate his birthday in style — at T.G.I. Friday's on the boardwalk.