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Community reliance on letters to the editor as a form of expression is visible

DATE: Feb 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Main Ave. banner is the key to many Animas River questions

San Juan Clean Water Coalition offers plans and answers to protect our river

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Industry’s right to local government broadband restrictions has expired

Access to technology, and removing impediments to that access, should not be partisan issues. Last week, though, Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee killed, on a party...

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Basing TABOR formula on state costs may be the best way forward

Basing formula on state costs may be the best way forward

DATE: Feb 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Hotel plan brings questions about growth, economy

A pivotal time to preserve community character and balance our economy

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Award-winning logo design has been welcomed by students of all nations

Award-winning design has been welcomed by students of all nations

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

SB 93 would have helped improve bicycling safety and experience

DATE: Feb 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Fort Lewis men put home winning streak on the line

Home winning streak is an impressive result for a talented, dedicated team

DATE: Feb 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Nation’s 33rd president had many words of wisdom to offer our present 45th

There has been speculation that no one in the nation was more surprised by President Trump’s election than Donald Trump himself. This claim, popular with his detractors but admitt...

DATE: Feb 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Tax receipts from pot have become a substantial cash source for governments

Marijuana sales in Colorado for the calendar year 2016 grew 33 percent compared with last year, according to figures released last week, to $1.3 billion. That is a “B.” For the st...

DATE: Feb 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Colorado should join mountain movement to end the death penalty

It fits on a bumper sticker and packs a punch, both moral and legal. “Why do we kill people – who kill people – to show people – that killing people – is wrong?” Therein lays the basis of th...

DATE: Feb 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Water District: 50-plus years of experience is water under the bridge with recent changes

The decision of commissioners in two counties to appoint different representatives to the Southwestern Water Conservation District is a change worth watching, especially in a year that may w...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials