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Protect our public lands, protect the La Plata Mountains

Our beautiful area in the Southwest is graced with an abundance of public lands – places that are part of…

March 22, 2026

Broken permits, broken promise: How bots and bureaucrats locked out river runners

In the 1980s and ’90s, river runners in the southwestern United States packed their gear and headed into canyon country.…

March 1, 2026

Editorials

Guest commentary: Rough times for journalism from Gallup to D.C.

As The Washington Post lays off a third of its journalists – in sports, photography, books, a podcast, international and…

February 25, 2026

Opinion

Guest commentary: One nonsensical ploy after another

If coal is the abundant, cheap energy source that the president keeps telling us it is, then it stands to…

February 18, 2026

Editorials

Our view: Two lights

Graduated income tax may open TABOR debate

January 28, 2026

Editorials

A Visit From St. Nicholas

’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The…

December 24, 2025

Opinion

Rep. Hurd, it’s time to introduce the Dolores River National Conservation Area bill

As County commissioners from Montezuma and La Plata counties with multigenerational histories in the Dolores River Basin, we have spent…

December 14, 2025

Opinion

Recognizing 65 years of the Peace Corps: A bipartisan call to service

As our nation prepares to celebrate 250 years since its founding, the nearly quarter-million people who have served in the…

October 17, 2025

Opinion

Government growth got us into this mess, it won’t get us out

Like sunburns and mosquito swarms, the Special Legislative Session has become an unpleasant seasonal tradition in Colorado, courtesy of Gov.…

August 20, 2025

Opinion

Our view: It’s fair time

Montezuma to Archuleta to La Plata, county fairs celebrate our heritage and shape our future

July 30, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Art for all

Support those who bring creativity to our communities If you are in the mood or market for art, be sure…

June 5, 2025

Opinion

Our view: GOP budget -Trillions in the dark

There are only days remaining in the House Republicans’ pledge to submit the coming year’s federal budget. While the larger…

May 21, 2025

Opinion

For waste and inefficiency, you really can’t beat corn ethanol

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford…

May 21, 2025

Editorials

Our view – Motorcycle safety: Riders wear a helmet, drivers slow down

Motorcycle riding has its risks, and here is the largest risk, with numbers: during 2024, 165 riders were killed in…

May 14, 2025

Opinion

Rep. Hurd fights to protect national forests, advances bill to fix them before they burn again

Our forests are burning. And Washington can’t keep standing by, stuck in process and politics, while homes go up in…

May 7, 2025

Editorials

Our view: 50 years later

Vietnam still lingers At the end of World War II, the fear was that Communism was becoming a worldwide threat…

April 30, 2025

Opinion

To protect Colorado families, Congress must protect clean energy credits

Costs are high everywhere these days, and skyrocketing energy bills are throwing a wrench in the finances of too many…

April 16, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Bluegrass Rules!

The initiated will know the headline refers to a 1997 Grammy award winning album of the same name by Ricky…

April 11, 2025

Opinion

Public lands shape our humanity, shared destiny and are not for sale

Amid Colorado’s complex history, a unifying thread emerges: a deep, abiding love and reverence for our public lands. Whether it’s…

April 4, 2025

Opinion

A retreat from Democratic values: Vice President JD Vance’s Munich disgrace

Bret Stephens, The New York Times (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)du1-i-syn In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s…

April 1, 2025

Opinion

We need the public sector to provide goods and services unmet by the other two

A popular refrain these days is that the government should be run more like a business. Rarely do we hear…

March 26, 2025

Opinion

President Donald Trump’s policies put us in economic danger

Donald Trump’s platform was clear when he was running for president. He promised to make bold improvements – quickly raising…

February 19, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Hero worship: Jimmy Carter and us

I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door…

January 25, 2025

Opinion

Our View: Trump pardons gross miscarriage of justice

Crowd of Trump supporters marching on the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021 (Wikimedia/TaptheForwardAssist)cca Jan. 6 attacker Edward Francisco Rodriguez…

January 22, 2025