The release of the 2025 CMAS scores should make every parent in our community stop and think. While officials are quick to celebrate modest gains since the pandemic, they seem to ignore an important t...

It is appropriate to have career consequences for those celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those with a moral compass speak loudly and persistently to demand the resignation or firing of C...

Our hearts are heavy in the wake of recent tragedies. What has been most painful is not only the loss itself, but also the rhetoric that has followed. Too often, compassion has been replaced with judg...

This November, La Plata County voters will be asked to approve a new 1-cent sales tax. Supporters say it’s the only way to keep roads and services funded. But a closer look at the county’s budget show...

I cannot believe I am living in America, my beloved country of 81 years. I am appalled at the creation of ICE, an organization of masked men, carrying no license or identification, “disappearing” immi...

The death of Charlie Kirk was tragic, especially because he was in the act of the exchange of ideas with student at a college. But now he’s a Christian nationalist martyr and Trump – following the aut...

Four years ago, we moved into our Hesperus home located where we can see the upper lift tower for Hesperus Ski. I quickly learned that it was the communities go-to place. We no longer ski, but for two...

The horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk has left our country reeling. A suspect was arrested, and the next question is whether he will be prosecuted federally or by the State of Utah. This decision...

The number of gun violence incidences that take place, in this day and age, is an atrocity. The fact is that there are too many people who should not have access to guns, but are able to “legally” buy...

D’j’ever notice how people who really want to be seen as something they aren’t overplay the role? Look at Pete Hegseth. In every picture, on every tape, there he is, looking like he could just scowl y...