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Attention trivia buffs, a ‘hootie of blowfish’ and more animal group names

If you play trivia regularly this will be good information for you. Animals that are gathered together in a group have some very unusual names. Let’s warm up with some well-known common exam...

The escalating challenges of ranching in a hotter, drier Colorado

Jeff and Nicole Helmer have been ranching livestock in Southwest Colorado for 20 years. “Most every year is drier than the last,” they said. “Things that used to grow cannot compete with the...

Straight from the experts, Southwest Colorado’s most important projects and pressing issues

Now that the legislative session is over, my weeks have filled up with visits around the district and meetings with constituents. First, I want to give a huge thanks to the League of Women ...

Rep. Hurd’s public lands’ words and actions are inconsistent, troubling, confusing and contradictory

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s recent op-ed, “Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods” (Herald, Jun. 1), invites important discussion. As a La Plata County commissioner w...

Big? Definitely. But Colorado utilities see no beauty in the federal budget bill

Oh, wouldn’t I love to know what is going through the mind of Jeff Hurd right now. And Gabe Evans, too. These two U.S. representatives from Colorado, both of them Republicans, voted for the ...

Hurd’s GORP Act sponsorship elevates bipartisan support for protecting public lands

Coloradans’ views on protecting public lands transcend ideology. Whether you live in Grand Junction, Durango or Denver, the national public lands throughout our state define what makes Color...

Medicaid cuts threaten everyone’s health care in Southwest Colorado

As leaders of rural hospitals, our organizations are lifelines for medical emergencies, medical homes for many and vital economic engines for our region. Proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts...

Like tank treads on a Rose Bowl float, do we need a new national anthem?

Ages ago, I traveled overland from Europe to Nepal: the Orient Express train from Munich to Istanbul, a boat through the Black Sea, and from there a medley of local buses and trains. For muc...

Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods

June is Great Outdoors Month – a time when families across the country head outside to enjoy the rivers, mountains and open spaces that define the American West. In Colorado’s 3rd District, ...

It’s time to stop preaching fiscal austerity and start practicing fiscal justice

I am writing as a paraeducator at Riverview Elementary School. I work in the Significant Support Needs program, assisting students with some of the highest needs and modifications requiremen...

We can’t fix hot or dry, but we can fix dense forests, together

In Western Colorado, we understand how connected everything is: forests to watersheds, snowpack to irrigation, public lands to the economy. And we’ve seen what happens when one part of that ...

Lehigh County’s ethical investment, a model for local governments nationwide

When public officials steward our tax dollars, they must uphold both financial responsibility and the values of the community they serve. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, took that obligation se...
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