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Dreyspring: A letter from the CEO to the Membership - What I see for LPEA when it comes to power supply.

Annually, La Plata Electric Association compares itself to approximately 800 other U.S. electric cooperatives. The most recent data we have is for 2016. Tri-State’s wholesale powe...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Unger: Fulfilling LPEA’s environmental and economic mission

It has been a year since I first explored the idea of running for the Board of Directors of La Plata Electric Association. I was fortunate enough to be elected by the people of District 4 to...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Kids can see the impermanent nature of life

It’s Saturday morning, that day that tends to unspool in generous unboundedness, buffered as it is from any whiff of the work and school week. Except the kids woke up bickering a...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Bresnahan: Kit Carson leading the way with distributed energy

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has become a target of unfair criticism because of its break from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. We represent a threat to the current way...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

White: Homelessness in Durango - When ‘they’ are ‘us’

Last Saturday was a typical day in Durango. Even during the holiday weekend, there were three significant events to engage people and, notably, all dealt with marginalized populations. Given...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Grossman: There are no winners in climate change wager

Back in January 2008, the Herald published a unique challenge: “I offer a public wager of $5,000 that the Earth will be cooler in 10 years.” Roger Cohen, a physicist, proposed this wager. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Coram: Keeping our children safe at school

There is much in this world that causes us to have concern for our loved ones; one fear that should not exist is sending them to school. I am not going to tell you that the state...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate

Dreyspring: A letter from the CEO to the Membership - What I see for LPEA when it comes to power supply.

Annually, La Plata Electric Association compares itself to approximately 800 other U.S. electric cooperatives. The most recent data we have is for 2016. Tri-State’s wholesale powe...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Unger: Fulfilling LPEA’s environmental and economic mission

It has been a year since I first explored the idea of running for the Board of Directors of La Plata Electric Association. I was fortunate enough to be elected by the people of District 4 to...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Boyfriend’s fidelity questioned

DEAR ABBY: I am 19 and love my boyfriend a lot. He is very sweet and would do anything for me. However, I am beginning to think there may be someone else. The someone else is a man. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bresnahan: Kit Carson leading the way with distributed energy

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has become a target of unfair criticism because of its break from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. We represent a threat to the current way...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

You are never too old to be a detective in nature

The San Juan Mountains are finally looking like their winter selves! It’s so wonderful to see the life-sustaining snow blanketing our favorite craggy peaks. Snow provides more th...

DATE: Feb 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

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