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HR1’s $1.2 billion impact on Colorado’s budget shifts costs to state, increases health care costs 30% to 40%

As we head into the last weeks of summer break, my family has been preparing for back-to-school, and now I’m prepping for back-to-the-Capitol for Special Session. Before I head back to Denve...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The BBB and Medicaid, when money matters more than humanity

Before the Epstein story caught the attention of the people and the national media, the focus had been on the “BBB” budget bill. Supporters of the bill claim that we are broke, that we need ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

President Trump missed a key budget cut in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Congress recently approved a sweeping budget measure that includes deep reductions in clean energy tax incentives as part of an effort to curb federal expenditures. President Donald Trump, d...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Nurse gets chilly greeting from new colleagues

DEAR ABBY: I have been a registered nurse for 11 years. I am experienced in hospital floor nursing and clinic nursing, and I have always been well regarded in my field. I have never had a pr...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

End of summer fun at San Juan Brewfest

The Four Corners’ favorite beer-tasting festival is the San Juan Brewfest. The Brewfest is your ticket to end of summer fun while supporting a great cause at the same time. This event is one...

DATE: Aug 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Traveling with disabilities can be challenging

Summer is wrapping up soon, and with it, the wave of summer travel. With longer days, good weather, children out of school and the number of outdoor activities available, summer has long bee...

DATE: Aug 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Back-to-school immunizations available at Public Health Clinic

Getting children ready for the new school year can be a busy time. A priority for many families is getting their students up-to-date on immunizations. The La Plata County Public Health Depar...

DATE: Aug 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Join me in reminiscing and remembering toys and games from our childhood

I recently read an article on Joan Anderson, the woman who brought the hula hoop from Australia to 1950s America. She died in July at the age of 101. She and her husband pitched the idea to ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Grandma ignores request not to drive around

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are blessed with a 6-month-old son, “Tyler.” I’m now back at work three days a week. My mother and my mother-in-law offered to watch him one day a week, which we ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The power of collaboration

The verb collaborate is “to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.” Collaboration, the noun, might need a subdefinition of; messy, slow, argumentative, ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Around the world not counting days: A solo trip in 1958-1959

Imagine being a college graduate in history and then deciding to seek an education. That’s exactly what young John Kessell did in 1958 by ship, train, bus, airplane, Land Rovers, Morris Mini...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Stillhouse Junkies release concept album

A proper LP should be more than a handful of singles and some throwaway cuts. True music lovers know that sometimes a record deserves a proper beginning to end listen, where you start with t...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown