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Opinion

‘Every child on Western Slope deserves high-quality preschool’

Families who live and work in Colorado’s mountain communities are all too familiar with the challenges of finding child care. Colorado’s Universal Preschool program can be a solution for man...

Council needs clear governance policies for boards

As a former City Council advisory board member, I’d like to share some thoughts on some of the trigger issues that brought our boards to the brink of dissolution or unproductive merging with...

Bill addresses poor math scores with train-the-trainer system

I am surprised as anyone else that as an English teacher, I am running a bill about the attributes of math and the necessity that students understand it. But that is exactly what’s happening...

Truth, facts: What the difference means for democracy

Who knew epistemology could get a standing ovation? Then again, when was the last time anyone left a play thinking that it should be required viewing in middle schools? Such was my response ...

Goodbye, best friends: Beer, tequila, wine

Beer introduced itself to me in high school and hitched a ride with me when I went away to college. We became sloppy roommates and our intimacy peaked over party kegs, a toilet bowl, and pin...

Housing solution must include path to homeownership

Much of the talk this year, particularly around the City Council election, has involved affordable housing. But there has been a curious shift in the language. The preferred term now seems t...

Getting down to pressing City Council issues

Many items deserve attention from the 2023 City Council candidates. Civility. Contention among councilors detracts from both their effectiveness and respect from the community. Could the...

Betting, transfer rules make CU ‘Compromise University’

University of Colorado at Boulder has recently fired its latest head football coach and hired Deion Sanders to replace him. Sanders is coming off admirable success as coach of Jackson State ...

Editorial cartoon

Who’s driving the train, restructuring boards?

Sixteen former mayors of Durango are concerned about the proposed reorganization and restructuring of Durango’s boards and commissions. How each board or commission is continued, changed or ...

Chronicle of abandoned oil and gas well - one of millions

Even from a distance it’s clear that an oil and gas well called “State Senate #2” in New Mexico has seen better days. The pumpjack sits idle, tumbleweeds surround the once-moving parts, and ...

Colorado conflicted about cutting its water use

In Colorado, farmers had to enroll in a four-state program by March 1, if they want to get paid for fallowing their fields, perhaps the best option to plump up the Colorado River’s giant res...
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