For two decades, Brian Buerger has been helping kids get super powers. But those powers don’t come from some special formula or a radioactive bug bite – they come from skiing. Freeride skiing, to be ...

I am writing this on Sept. 11, 2025. Twenty-four years ago today, this country was attacked by radicalized terrorists. For a while, as we worked through the recovery, shock and grief, we stood as a pe...

There is a very well-documented record of what the rise of fascism looks like and it appears that the current administration is using it as a playbook. For example, the first people to be thrown in th...

About 30 years ago, I was principal of a Durango middle school that hosted a class for many children with disabilities. I loved them all, but one particular young man who grew on my heart had multiple...

My wife and I walk our dogs daily. Sometimes on city street sidewalks, sometimes on the river trail, north, south and through town. In our opinion, the city made a huge mistake when it allowed E-bikes...

Fort Lewis College opens performances and semesters with a “land acknowledgment.” That is harmful to society. It separates "we the people" into those who are rightfully here and those who are interlop...

Tom Jones sat on the Five Rivers Trout Unlimited (5RTU) board for years all while holding multiple positions, including past president. He was passionate about helping our native cutthroat trout, spec...

Celebrating the privilege of our liberty and freedom this year, the 238th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, I urge all Americans to stop a moment and thin...

“Just ask Buck” has been a mantra of Five Rivers Trout Unlimited (5RTU) since Buck Skillen reinvigorated the chapter in the late ’90s. Buck spent more than two decades responding to every, task, commi...

The leaders of nonprofit organizations should consider merging with their peers. The cascade of federal money supporting the nonprofit sector is decreasing and it appears unlikely to increase in the c...