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A busy month: Public education bills and hard conversations about health care and immigration

It’s been a very busy start to the legislative session, and I look forward to spending an extra day with my family next weekend for Presidents Day. We’ve had a ton of constituents visit the ...

Balancing public safety and individual privacy: A delicate trade-off

During my first year as a city councilor, I’ve come to realize that many decisions we make involve complex trade-offs, particularly concerning taxpayer dollars and the benefits delivered to ...

Seven states, zero solutions: Leadership failure on the Colorado River

As a Coloradan and water engineer with 48 years on the front lines, I am outraged – not merely disappointed – that the seven states renegotiating reservoir operations, shortage criteria and ...

Stories on Stone: Historic Petroglyphs along the San Juan River

Along the San Juan River and across the Four Corners, thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs from ancient Native cultures are written in stone. What is less common are historic glyphs, but in ...

How solar storms light up the sky

Greetings stargazers. The current sunspot cycle maximum continues to amaze. Several times during the past year, the Aurora Borealis has been visible in the Durango sky. It was here again a c...

Treatment of elderly mother raises hackles

DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for 30 years. Unfortunately, my wife’s family (two older sisters and her mother, who is 97) have rejected not only me, but now my wife. While our relat...

Serving rural Southwest Colorado’s unique transportation needs on the CDOT commission

This past July, I was sworn in as the District 8 Transportation commissioner, serving and advocating for transportation needs in Southwest Colorado and the San Luis Valley. The state’s trans...

How do I talk to my neighbor about their glaring lights?

Welcome to Dear Rachel, a new column in which I answer your questions about relationships, communication and how to navigate the messy beauty of being human (sorry, no advice on car troubles...

Patsy O’Brien takes solo show to Dolores

Patsy O’Brien is a musician who lives in the best of both worlds. The Ireland born, now Colorado-based guitar player and singer-songwriter sometimes goes out on the road as a hired guitarist...

Colorado’s roadless areas are worth more than minerals and timber

Last fall was my nineteenth season of public lands elk hunting in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. During eight days I hunted for a total of 63.5 hours (or 7.93 hours a day on averag...

Couple still maintain two homes

DEAR ABBY: I am a widow who has been dating a widower for the past eight years. He’s a wonderful man and the love of my life. We both have children, so we have been extremely careful not to ...

Is the environment going to the dogs?

Dear Action Line, As I was contemplating climate change and reading much discussion about how gas stoves, leaf blowers, gas-powered vehicles and grocery plastic bags have a detrimen...