A stalemate over $5 billion for a border wall, which may vastly underestimate the actual cost. If you feel that history may be able to teach us anything, consider the…
Our rivers are dry, forests are burning, recreational opportunities are diminished and our rural and agricultural way of life is at risk. Can we agree that our very way of…
Colorado may be in a worse jam with the second baker case – is there a fix?
They ask or say “It’s just a cowboy town.” But what about the cowboy poets? As visitors become better acquainted with town, they discover that this village is much more…
There are many similarities. Both groups stir up quite a debate. Supporters of either feel an obligation to help. Opponents see them as a problem. Providing assistance to them attracts…
I am one of many mothers searching for early childhood care and have run into the same problem over and over again for five years: two-year waiting lists and outrageous…
Persecuting Jews should have no home in America on the left or the right
The “other people” in dire need, that we do not know personally, are here in the U.S., caravan asylum-seekers, and refugees in The Middle East (who rarely get coverage because…
I spent my career managing construction and infrastructure, and have lived in small, medium and large cities; I’ve seen the results of weak laws and poor oversight (counties not far…
Every day it’s hard to know that he was robbed of his life. And I pray every day that someone will come forward so our father can have justice. We…
First out of the gate in the Dems’ 2020 race, she brings real policy for debate
Today about noon (Jan. 2) a county plow came through County Road 203 and knocked over several full trash bins awaiting pickup. We had to pick up all of the…
It does not appear that the ski fees sustain the anticipated $75,120 cost to run the ski hill, let alone adding another $2.16 million to the hill. With all of…
Barb mentions multimillion dollar projects being proposed that are indeed questionable. She also mentions the millions of dollars that the Parks and Recreation Department has at its disposal, but for…
A young lady seated behind me had an emphatic reply – “for climate change not to be real.” I also learned that she is inspired by the work of renowned…
Coal is the most damaging fuel to our environment, climate and health. It’s also too expensive to sell, except in long-term contracts like ours. Since it’s so expensive, investors have…
Two Florida men plead guilty to trophy poaching of mule deer and antelope
The time has come to eliminate the minimum wage and to associate what an individual is paid with education and experience. When an individual turns 16, a rite of passage…
She lost the race to be our representative to Congress to our current representative, Rep. Scott Tipton, who in 2015 voted for a resolution that nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Every layer of our current insurance system includes costs for administrators, marketers, lobbyists, lawyers and advertisers. This adds up to 20 percent of what insurers collect for premiums that heal…
In his Dec. 16 Thinking Green column (“Change confronts rural electric co-ops”), he claims Tri-State is “unresponsive to the needs and wants” of its members. That it exhibits a “lethargic…
Trump in his mind has made America great again by hanging around criminals starting with his lawyer and others and chumming up to dictators and leaders from Russia, Turkey, Syria,…
The Trumpian tantrum headline surely calls to mind Charles Lindbergh’s pro-Nazi isolationism just before World War II. Unless you are attempting to co-opt those of us who marched against the…
Durango has been fortunate to have had many years of gas tax revenues that contributed to our economy. But with gas production in decline we need to look to the…
I want it to be known as more than a place to drink beer and ski by college students and tourists, or by the .01 percent as a place to…
From endorsements to a space dog, plus your letters, it was a time had by all
He is present in classrooms, giving him an accurate feel for what is happening in his district. He wants to continually improve, as shown by the recent change in the…
