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Horses held

As the state anticipates tax refunds, La Plata County forestalls an increase

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

I want to live in Elizabeth Warren’s America

It’s early, but this much is true: Elizabeth Warren is running the most impressive presidential campaign in ages, certainly the most impressive campaign within my lifetime. I don’...

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The panic over GMOs was overblown

The panic over GMOs was overblown, but climate concerns are still real

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

We could always just sink the pirate ships of Iran

On April 14, 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a frigate, hit an Iranian naval mine while sailing in the Persian Gulf. The explosion injured 10 of her crew and nearly sank the ship...

DATE: Jun 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

5G will destroy Earth life as we know it

Cancer, dementia, DNA damage, memory dysfunction, decrease in male fertility, hearing loss, eye problems, hair loss, skin problems, loss of muscle strength – these are some of the problems r...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pine River Library is a gem that needs your help

As a property-owning, tax-paying citizen of Bayfield who also works at the library, I’m offering information and personal experience for consideration by my fellow citizens (“ I don’t speak...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Responses to disaster reflect county’s key values

The contrast between June 1, 2018 and June 1, 2019 could not be more stark. As of June 1, snowpack in the Animas River Basin is 1,493% of the median. Last year on the same day, it...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

Guess what: We can’t help the homeless

The liberals have come out, in their letters opposing the obvious truths of Eileen Wright’s letter to the editor a few weeks ago “ Quit spending taxpayer dollars to fix what can’t be fixed...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lights, camera...

We are pleased as punch to finally see action on bringing Denver TV home

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Harvard is choosing the wrong path to wisdom

Over the past year and a half, the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida have handled themselves with a fervor and commitment that has, most of the time, in...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Victory over chain saw use is sweet

As a former ranger in the Weminuche Wilderness for San Juan National Forest, I was ecstatic to learn of the agency rescinding the approval to use chain saws in the wilderness area to clear t...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor