Marj questions what restoring a natural balance looks like. Research provides that answer. Wolves are coursing predators that move and moderate elk populations, enabling restoration of ecological processes, such as…
For U.S. Senate, only one candidate has the right stance on health care
My support is based on a friendship of over 20 years where I have witnessed her inspired leadership with extraordinary vision based on a well-grounded ethos in Southwest Colorado. Marsha…
My Republican friends in La Plata county seriously want me to vote for this candidate. I don’t think so. Diane Mitsch Bush has the knowledge and the experience to represent…
I attended the majority of town meetings in Bayfield while Matt Salka was mayor here. He has all the qualifications I have mentioned plus more. Matt is running on the…
The police who laughed about the costume that causes people to think about his nakedness are surely not the same officers who interviewed his victims (Photo: “Putting it all out…
Jean WalterDurango(The writer is on the executive committee of the La Plata County Democratic Party.)
What have we learned in the 25 years since wolves were restored to Yellowstone and central Idaho? Elk are more numerous now in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming than when wolves…
When the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane, the press said, ‘Impossible’
Just look back at pictures from the early 1990s of that once-beautiful city. You can barely see the skyline for the smoke; and forget seeing Mount Hood, even on the…
No candidate for the office has had better preparation for what the office will demand. Her local roots that run deep and her experience as a mediator bringing disparate groups…
Henry Ford, 1919 (<a href="http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c11278/">Library of Congress</a>)du1-i-syn Born in 1863 to a Michigan farming family headed by an Irish immigrant and the daughter of Belgian immigrants, Henry, the oldest child,…
Marsha Porter-Norton, who is running for La Plata County commission, is a leader. Her devotion to the pursuit of inclusive solutions has been demonstrated over the course of her life.…
Instead, Gardner is trying to obscure his record in ads claiming to support pre-existing condition protections. John Hickenlooper believes health care is a right, not a privilege. As governor, he…
Candidates who represent political parties are financed, supported by longtime leaders in the parties. It is time we look for independent, citizen-minded leadership! Charly Minkler has worked very hard to…
Before the 2016 election, to imply that a candidate had a choice in the matter would have been ludicrous. Unless there has been proven electoral obstruction or fraud or tampering…
Just looking at the pictures of the Purgatory fire – why on earth has the fire ban been lifted? Someone in authority is not looking at how dry our state…
