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Beyond the bell: Education for a meaningful, purposeful, impactful and fulfilling life

As board members of Animas High School, we are well aware that the world our students are stepping into is nothing like the one we grew up in. With everything from climate change and AI to a...

Another family torn apart: The human cost of ICE in Southwest Colorado

In our quiet corners of Southwest Colorado, where families work hard, children play, and neighbors care for one another, there is a story that too many in our immigrant community have lived....

Let’s be the kind of community that looks out for each other – and for the bears

If you’ve lived in Durango for more than a minute, you know we share our beautiful mountain town with some pretty wild neighbors – black bears. And while they’re majestic to see from a dista...

Health insurance affordability is not just policy – it’s a deeply human issue

Colorado’s Western Slope faces a daunting health care affordability crisis as private insurance premiums for 2026 threaten to skyrocket. Preliminary filings with the Colorado Division of Ins...

How policy volatility could break America's power grid

America’s energy policy is starting to feel like a game of Calvinball – the anything-goes sport from Calvin and Hobbes where the rules change mid-play to favor whoever’s holding the ball. Th...

Senators’ sneaky attempt to end the Wolf Restoration Program

The Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” has suddenly left Colorado in a $1.2 billion deficit. This means that our legislators in the General Assembly are having to scramble to cut this amount fr...

Government growth got us into this mess, it won’t get us out

Like sunburns and mosquito swarms, the Special Legislative Session has become an unpleasant seasonal tradition in Colorado, courtesy of Gov. Jared Polis’ restless pen. For the third year in ...

Harsh fire season brings out the best in La Plata County

Drought conditions have been increasing for more than 20 years in Southwest Colorado, and this summer we’re seeing the results of that drying trend on a disturbing scale. The entirety of La ...

Is JD Vance right about Democrats?

Last month, Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech for the right-wing think tank the Claremont Institute about statesmanship: what it means to lead a country. The speech was delivered on...

We will regret not standing up to this venomous cruelty

Fifteen years ago, when Arizona enacted a notorious anti-immigrant “show me your papers” law, I wrote an essay in The Times that began: “I’m glad I’ve already seen the Grand Canyon. Because ...

Boebert’s bill to delist gray wolves not surprising given her ‘little hats’ comment

Recent media coverage of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill calling to delist the gray wolf from federal protection misses the most salient point: Boebert loathes wolves. Three years ago, Boebe...

Will RFK Jr. and the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement change America?

The movement that helped make Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the secretary of health and human services converged politically with right-wing populism only in the last few years, but in spirit the ho...
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