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Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Phone Number: (970), 375-4522

Wildfire prevention

Fighting fires is necessary, but mitigation is smarter, safer and cheaper

Keep ‘poison’ out of farm bill

Congress must approve a farm bill. Our nation’s farmers and millions of food-stamp recipients, as well as American consumers, are depending on the leadership of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow of ...

Vaccine task force recommendations are insufficient

Colorado is high on many health and lifestyle lists for which the state should be proud. But the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that Colorado has more kids who skip...

Change changes lives

Salvation Army donations broaden locals’ opportunities

Year closes with many successes at Fort Lewis

Thank you to all our Fort Lewis College alumni and friends in the community for a great fall semester. Your support of FLC is an investment in the lives of our students. We could not do what...

Lawmakers must turn attention to wildfire in 2014

The 2014 legislative session is less than two weeks away, and it will be an interesting time in the Colorado Senate. The recalls and resignation of three Democratic senators since we adjourn...

Post-war tide ran against Wilson, the League

The war had been over for almost a year by the fall of 1919. Durango had returned to peacetime pursuits, and many Durangoans, like Americans everywhere, just wanted to be left alone and not ...

Looking at crises beyond reality TV’s ‘Duck Dynasty’

WASHINGTON – I’m just back from a week out of the country, and it appears I missed some major happenings. Political news sites report a significant development in the Pajama Boy c...

Science, humanities mixed together makes for good reading

The highly prestigious Sidney Awards go out to some of the best magazine essays of the year. This year, many of these essays probed the intersection between science and the humanities. ...

Freedom across the Americas

Defending freedom of expression, defending democracy

Remembering 2013

Saying goodbye to an eventful year that nonetheless sets the stage for better times

Public land

More than environmentalism; protecting a valuable driver of our recreation economy