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Plenty of benefits available for disabled vets

The Veterans Administration provides disabled former servicemen and women with compensation programs designed to assist disabled veterans and their dependents. The disability com...

To make lasting change, investing in education is key

Making progress on social challenges can be tough. Let us stop for a moment and celebrate some success. Currently, a higher percentage of students is graduating from high school than was 15 ...

Ongoing Great Depression led news of 1937

It seemed for some people that The Great Depression would never end despite what the local, state and federal governments were doing. Life went on as opposition mounted to some of the New De...

Good neighbors

Colorado’s responsible energy development goes the extra mile

EPA regs would jeopardize power supply

The clash between environmental and energy reality versus idealism reached a crossroads in Denver last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission convened a technical conference on W...

A 20-ounce T-bone with the fixin’s for $2.95?

Those were the days. It’s not just a theme song from “All in the Family,” it’s the memories people shared Saturday at the Animas Museum when they stopped by to view the members-o...

Voodoo Glow Skulls will deliver funk, ska

The annual concert hosted by Fort Lewis College’s Student Union Productions is growing into one of the college’s premier student music events. According to a survey of all student...

Build your savings account by setting goals, making plan

This week is National America Saves Week Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Are you ready to leave the ...

Land seizures create path for pipeline

Is your domain eminently defensible? Or can a private corporation take your home and land for profit? How about a foreign corporation? These questions arise because currently a f...

Time to address our deteriorating roads

As I write this column, on this cold Monday morning, the Capitol completely is void of people. There is a little snow in the Mile High City, so the General Assembly will not be in session. I...

Sister’s baking makes party memorable

Many people have a cake for their birthday. But how many people have a whole table of cakes? The guests at Gisela Lott’s 60th birthday found themselves confronting a cornucopia of...

Weather alters your day and your economy

Waking up Monday morning filled me with a sense of both dread and joy. Dread that I, like many others in the area, would be spending the next four hours shoveling tons of snow fro...