This was a reappraisal year where Colorado Assessor’ brought every real estate property from the 2012 level of market value to the 2014 market value. This means the actual value…
Bill would expand a pilot program to let counties experiment with ‘cliff effect’
One has to wonder what message the Mancos School District was trying to convey by non-observance? Was it saying that history and progress serve no value and, therefore, deserve no…
Almost 85 percent of Coloradans support future presidents’ ability to designate national monuments like Chimney Rock and Canyons of the Ancients, local and national treasures. Coloradans understand that our unique…
I witnessed a monster truck run a red light that had changed one minute earlier. This T-bone collision would have killed all aboard. I have never seen so many red…
He would tell me about his work there, it seemed to captivate his imagination. He came into possession of some items after his Aunt Kathy passed away. He was the…
I applaud U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, for disagreeing with Obama’s attack on coal; it produces more of the energy we use than any other method. Both it and natural…
I have no political experience, nor do I want to be a politician, but I can no longer stand by and witness the dissolution of our great state and country.…
Let’s get the facts straight. The horses at Mesa Verde are not romantic wild mustangs. They are feral horses that have been abandoned. Like Russian thistles, they are invasive and…
Could it be that is what he really cares about? He obviously doesn’t care about pollution and the environment. Karen Skelly Bayfield
First, let’s say that historically the term “Native Americans” is an open question. It appears that there were other people (perhaps proto-Melanesians) living in some parts of the Americas before…
With this better snow year I have been enjoying the golf course with my cross country skis almost every day and I am not alone. Most days both parking lots…
MLK day celebrates an extraordinary man whose movement based on non-violence and love for all mankind spoke to our better angels. Much has been accomplished in the years since his…
We should all be thankful that President Obama protected Chimney Rock and Browns Canyon here in Colorado. Now he needs to act on the request by Native Americans to protect…
Finding this congressional mandate inconvenient, the park’s current superintendent has, without any evidentiary support of which I am aware, decided to label these wild horses “trespass livestock” and require their…
Replacing teacher Michael Bennet with businessman Blaha, who sounds remarkably like Donald Trump, is a great idea. While Blaha’s “product guarantee” of 50 percent deficit reduction, elimination of the death…
Colorado should lift the statute of limitations on sexual assault charges
Medical professionals, including myself, do not condone this device for novice users who may become addicted to nicotine and then move on to real cigarettes, and thus be exposed to…
I know we grumble that our driveways get plowed in, but that is a minor inconvenience when you have miles to drive. We live in the country so there are…
Long before the disturbing events of last August, a grassroots coalition of local businesses, organizations and individuals began forming in support of Good Samaritan legislation. The San Juan Clean Water…
It has been a fun and challenging experience collaborating with the many local, state and federal agencies, mining companies, and concerned citizens. Although we’ve come to a crossroads in future…
