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Kira Cordova was a student at Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, when her professor told the class that if they wanted to graduate and then work in the outdoors as a seasonal: “Get out of my classroom.” Seasonal work didn’t require a degree, he said, a degree is what you need after you’ve burned out in 5 to 7 years.Cordova took his advice, but burned out in only 3 years. She tells how she learned to adapt fast and flourish, but also offers advice on how to cope with everything from jobs falling through to finding yourself homeless between jobs: great advice from a seasonal pro.

Montrose County School District addresses a recent Facebook post regarding an alleged bullying incident at Columbine Middle School.

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Kirstin Copeland sworn in as Montrose County Commissioner following recall of Scott Mijares

The Delta Police Department recently announced the addition of a new K-9 to its team

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Ecologist Pepper Trail takes a walk in the Oregon woods where he notices everything around him, from woodpeckers and hawks in the trees to decaying leaves and seeds scattered on the forest floor. He calls all of this "one oversimplified cycle of gift exchange. The world we inhabit is a web of reciprocity far beyond our ability to comprehend, much less control. To be alive at all seems a miracle.”He suggests, we imagine the world that we share with every living thing—and give thanks.

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Diné elder Lupita McClanahan shares stories from Canyon de Chelly, the Long Walk, and the “beauty way,” followed by a visit with Paonia Books’ nonprofit, the Paonia Literary Project, where we explore ho books, stories, and community events can, expand our perspectives, enrichen our lives, and fight loneliness in rural Colorado.

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