Yes, there are problems with federal management – sometimes serious. Demands on our western natural resources are growing, and solutions are becoming more complex. However, reasonable solutions can come from…
I live just a few blocks from the intersection of East Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street. This intersection has a yield sign for drivers traveling on East Seventh Avenue, and…
I count myself among the more than 200 members who supported a petition aimed at voting in a new board, returning democracy and transparency to the co-op and maintaining local…
But there’s something that’s been going on behind closed doors for years that has even more serious implications – that’s the well-kept secret of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Unless you’ve been…
If the LPEA membership needed a wake-up call, this must surely be it. So, let us get out and vote down the extremists. Let us vote for the two candidates…
So many volunteers and paid staff have given years of hard work and effort to provide not only money for the shelter and care for the animals, but also a…
Every two years, county assessors benchmark property values to a specific date. This year’s cycle measures value changes from July 1, 2012 trended to June 30, 2014. The value we…
Having worked double shift to degrade this planet for their obscene profits, they now send their paid bully Christi Zeller – the lady who never saw a fracked aquifer, a…
So, will the “greenies” be bringing in outside money and help to buy another LPEA election? In a previous election, I was called by a far-left acquaintance who insisted I…
The sad truth is that the preschool teachers and aides entrusted to taking such good care of our youngest children, our grandchildren, our nieces and nephews, find themselves in an…
The LPEA board is an important local institution and will benefit from Gregg’s knowledge and skills. Gregg is an experienced energy professional. As an energy auditor and the former 4CORE…
Responsibility for defending against wildfire lies not only with firefighters
Many dismiss the gender pay gap as a matter of choices women make. Yet, women who make the same educational and occupational choices as men still earn less, even when…
It is just like the government wanting a percentage to spend on things I do not believe in. My 10 percent goes to those in need, such as the wounded…
Taxes are going up, the Utes are going to build the new terminal because the casino brings in so much business. But we have no place to work or store…
Take his recent comments on the House floor questioning why we should concern ourselves with public schools using racially denigrating mascots. A white, male homesteader of 100 years ago might…
Legislature should invest in proven ways to reduce teen pregnancy rates
They’ve already spent millions drilling test wells in western La Plata County, and we know the Mancos Shale contains hydrocarbons. It’s simply the price that will determine the future of…
The director transfers 50 animals to other shelters and euthanizes another 25 to contain the “problem.” Of the original 92 animals, only 17 are left. This person also decides that…
I want to clarify that it was not my intention to dismiss the dangers in police work. My point is that greater care in police use of force and a…
From 4-8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Powerhouse Museum, DNF will host its annual meeting where these questions plus others may be addressed by the 11 candidates running to…
I would like to see the board consider reasonable uses of new and emerging power supplies and technologies; see a separate code of ethics for the board of directors and…
Through conservation easements, LPOSC works with private land owners and municipalities to permanently protect open space, wildlife habitat, wetlands, recreational parks, working family farms and ranches and historic/archaeological resources. Currently,…
