An open letter to Mayor Yazzie and members of the Durango City Council: I write to formally request that the City Council issue a written reprimand of City Attorney Mark Morgan for conduct that u...

Outpatient palliative care through Mercy Hospital is now operating on a for-profit basis under new CommonSpirit Health at Home ownership. Meanwhile, the palliative care program – which offers symptom ...

In light of the recent kidnapping of a president of a sovereign nation, the murdering of innocent fishing people, the stealing of oil properties and, most of all, the general destruction of our democr...

The Marshall Fire: $2 billion in losses. Cameron Peak: $127 million suppression. Yet the BLM is proposing the largest Colorado lease sale since 2018 – 103 parcels, 72,848 acres, including parcels near...

In the 1980s and ’90s, river runners in the southwestern United States packed their gear and headed into canyon country. Those trips were the heartbeat of their year – where people connected with natu...

The New York Times editorial board recently published an index tracking 12 categories of democratic erosion, based on historical patterns and interviews with experts. The index places the United State...

I haven’t written a letter to the editor in a while because my loving wife says I sometimes get carried away. But I can’t just sit back and watch what the most immature man in the world is doing now w...

As a lifelong farmer and rancher in Southwest Colorado, and as someone who proudly served as the representative for House District 59, I understand the importance of strong, principled leadership for ...

Voters understand how government works. They know compromise is part of the job. They accept negotiation. Tradeoffs are inevitable. What’s harder to accept is when representation begins to rely on sel...