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Purgatory: Good for us James Coleman’s business model prioritizes family and recreation
Purgatory opened for the season on Nov. 18 and operated about the same number of days as last year despite unseasonably dry and warmer weather. Hesperus Ski Area, also in…
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Celebrate the Week of the Young Child
Each day this week, the Early Childhood Council of La Plata County recognized a unique aspect of child development and the educational activities that support these critical developmental milestones. At…
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Child care share could help with the crisis
That’s when one group of six parents take care of the other five parents children one day a week. That way everyone in the group has free child care after…
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Land use mistake cost county residents
Julie Westendorff said Kendig-Keast’s report missed the mark and wasn’t what she was looking for in a first draft. So, why did the commissioners try to convince locals that the…
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Real, local news matters: A community’s strength depends on a strong press
Because of an upended economic model, newspapers are struggling to do what they have done well. There may be a proliferation of platforms for short expressions heavy with opinion and…
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Thanks, Herald, for continuing to publish
I appreciate that you are trying to present the local and important news in our community. It is great to read about community members that serve others. Even the funny…
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Re-elect knowledgeable Kohler McInnis
He is being criticized by his opponent for his vote at the Tri-State board against the LPEA request to increase local generation above the 5 percent allowed under the current…
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Encourage LPEA to move away from coal
Please join me in supporting Britt Bassett for the LPEA board. Liz Blair Durango
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Protect La Plata Electric’s financial future
I hope readers waded through the entire article to learn that the cost of buying out the Tri-State contract would likely result in immediate rate increases to cover debt service.…
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An orderly transition to renewable energy
Mr. Fisher strongly supports a sensible, orderly, well-researched transition to renewables. When he is elected, he will work with LPEA staff to expedite the process. John Edens Durango
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Endorsement of incumbents disappoints
The price of clean renewable energy has dropped far below the cost of dirty fossil fuels, and supporting Tri-State’s continued insistence on limiting LPEA’s use of local renewable energy, while…
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Obvious things need to be legislated
The law prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. It’s…
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Please justify Facebook use for comments
I find it interesting that when Obama harvested Facebook data in the 2008 and 2012 elections, he was a genius. When Trump used the same data, it was a possible…
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GOP tax bill is harmful to Coloradans
As a result of the GOP tax bill, an estimated 235,000 Coloradans will lose coverage by 2025, including 35,200 of Rep. Scott Tipton’s own constituents – all to fund tax…
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Day-in, day-out understanding of LPEA
Kohler stands for us, you and I – the members of LPEA. Kohler has sacrificed minutes, hours, days and weeks of his personal time to gain understanding of our energy…
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Childhood poverty: Invest in kids to improve their well-being and grow healthy communities
That’s just one nutshell of information from the “2018 KIDS COUNT in Colorado!,” an annual publication of the Colorado Children’s Campaign released in March, in its 25th year, but it’s…
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Tim Wheeler is thoughtful, experienced
The electricity market is changing quickly, and the next few years will take thoughtful and experienced leaders to ensure LPEA success in meeting these profound changes. Tim Wheeler comes with…
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Generate power and jobs locally
We need leadership at LPEA that will prioritize local investment in abundant, low-cost renewable power, which is why I encourage members to vote for Tim Wheeler, Britt Bassett and Jeff…
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Keep energy dollars in local economy
We have close to 300 sunny days a year in the LPEA territory, and credible estimates are that in the next few years we could generate up to 40 percent…
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Wheeler is best choice for LPEA board
Tim has lived in La Plata County for 24 years, and is a former Apple Computer executive, so he has relevant large organization leadership experience. He also owned and managed…
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LPEA and Tri-State support renewables
My vote supported lower rates and ensured further discussion. My vote wasn’t against renewables or LPEA generating power locally. Both LPEA and Tri-State support renewables. Tri-State added 477 megawatts of…