Does this mean our government or the Environmental Protection Agency is not telling us the whole truth? This season, on my farm in Shiprock, I was contemplating whether to plant…
This would be hard to do on a reservoir as small as Lake Nighthorse. Non-body-contact water-based recreation, particularly the use of two-stroke carbureted gasoline engines that discharge exhaust into the…
Not that SB 168 does anything directly to the airport. The bill allows counties and cities to enter into authorities with jurisdictions in other states. And with that it opens…
That means an effective district attorney in the 6th Judicial District must have the experience associated with the knowledge of what the communities he serves expect from him. Ben Lammons…
When I lost my job, and my 1969 Datsun 1600 broke down, my mental capabilities were at an all-time low. I took the last $200 on me and bought from…
The theory has become more political than scientific, as communities are pressed to enact useless and expensive legislation to fix a humanly unsolvable problem. As for Congressman Brown’s “lack of…
Of course, the process of turning the automobile into a true auto-mobile has been going on since its invention. Crank handles were soon replaced with electric starters. General Motors introduced…
I am the daughter of an extraordinary man who experienced the oppressive communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia. Chased by the Soviet reaction to the Prague Spring, my father and…
The result is a cooperative effort involving a series of agencies to monitor the river closely for signs of pollution or other problems. It is an imaginative plan with outstanding…
Roberts recently voted in favor of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Since Jan. 1, 23 toddlers have either shot themselves or…
Once the Republicans reclaimed the House, it became even easier for them to reject Obama’s proposals. Congress used to be made up of more reasonable members, led by such stalwarts…
An analysis from the Tax Foundation, released May 12, says that by keeping marijuana illegal, the federal government and most states are foregoing $28 billion in tax revenue per year.…
Phil seems to take the road that climate change causes are all settled and there is no more debate. So, let’s put companies or even whole industries that cause carbon…
Forest users ought to take a look because the five proposed alternatives represent a spectrum of balance points between motorized and non-motorized use. This is a second attempt to balance…
The mood now is to provide some certainty and discipline in the process for Coloradans by bringing back the primary, which will next be 2020. When the legislative session ended…
Vallecito Lake and Navajo Lake both allow motorboats and a wide range of recreational opportunities for all to enjoy. I would very much like Lake Nighthorse to provide a more…
As announced by the Governor of Arizona, there was mention of a past scandal in Charlie Keating IV’s family, but I guess that is the way of political people in…
There is no better example of what life skills my son has learned at AHS than the three-week LINK internship program that is required of all the juniors in their…
The Republican Party has steadily moved away from climate change denial rhetoric, and they will need to continue this trend to continue to win elections. The Republican Party is in…
As a former National Park Service ranger, I lived in parks for 40 years. During the 2011 public meetings on the lake, I was a member of the parks and…
So why not reserve Lake Nighthorse for everyone else? Or even make three days per week non-motorized, and four days motorized, and swap out every other weekend? These options weren’t…
I do understand the financial implications of transitioning to renewable resources for communities that rely on extracting fossil fuels. It can be done if the transitioning is gradual and the…
The natural gas marketplace itself has caused the downturn in the industry, not attempts to regulate it by requiring producers to disclose the harmful chemicals used in fracking. Advances in…
At issue was Gov. John Hickenlooper’s plan to reclassify the hospital providers’ fee as an enterprise fund. And while the details of the plan sound complex, the essence of the…
Terms that describe car size have a legal meaning, as the Environmental Protection Agency rates each car make and model with terms like subcompact, compact midsize and large, based on…
There is little we can do about contaminated sediment in the river other than not disturb it and hope that future high flows will move and bury the contaminants. The…
Compromise measure could help avoid pricey dueling ballot measures this fall
I imagine that he didn’t give it a second thought after it was all done. However, he made my mom’s day when he stepped in, took the lawn mower and…
A recently released analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy puts that in perspective. Rather than moving too fast, a look at the overall U.S. energy industry suggests LPEA may…
The thrust was that minorities are disproportionately imprisoned in Colorado. Although the author went out of her way to avoid the obvious, is there even a tiny chance that minorities…
