Editorials

Election 2013

Primarily because of local issues, off-year ballot has become surprisingly interesting

August 24, 2013

Editorials

Sharrows

an eye out for and on the new markings’ effectiveness

August 22, 2013

Editorials

Mancos gold mill

Polluted, unpermitted facility a snapshot of the darker side of Colorado history

August 21, 2013

Editorials

Recycling pickup

city has the ability; it should adapt to reasonable requests for alley collection

August 20, 2013

Editorials

Education and hope

Celebrate a day of bright beginnings

August 19, 2013

Editorials

Fire protection

Questions for November ballot sound complicated, but would simplify things

August 17, 2013

Editorials

Sweet spat in Telluride

Voters in Telluride will decide in November whether to apply a 1 cent per ounce tax on sugared soft drinks…

August 17, 2013

Editorials

Small hydro

A positive step toward cleaner energy, but larger issues must also be addressed

August 15, 2013

Editorials

Phyllis Lee

A lifetime of service to the people of La Plata County and Southwest Colorado

August 14, 2013

Editorials

Multiple use and public lands

offerings go well beyond forest’s trees

August 13, 2013

Editorials

Student-loan rates

Congress, president reach necessary deal to keep higher education attainable

August 12, 2013

Editorials

Broncos on TV

Udall’s deal gives S.W. Colorado one year of its favorite team

August 10, 2013

Editorials

Mining in Silverton

must take decisive action to transition from past to future

August 10, 2013

Editorials

School finance

almost certainly enough signatures, the real battle for better schools has begun

August 6, 2013

Editorials

Toll roads

Transportation is still an appropriate function of the federal government

August 5, 2013

Editorials

NSA data

standards essential for determining how our collected information is shared

August 4, 2013

Editorials

Snakecharmer

Imaginative new trail another example of the value of cooperation, civic foresight

August 3, 2013

Editorials

Tri-State and PUC

Regulating public utilities is the state Public Utilities Commission’s role

July 31, 2013

Editorials

Bradley Manning

leaves a number of unanswered questions about government secrecy

July 30, 2013

Editorials

Inequality

Financial hardship numbers show Obama is right to return to a focus on the economy

July 29, 2013

Editorials

Data-gathering debate

Colorado’s congressional coalition shows it’s worth having

July 28, 2013

Editorials

Obamacare

is right to market the coming health-insurance exchange energetically

July 27, 2013

Editorials

Energy planning

Tipton’s House measure knocks land management out of balance

July 24, 2013

Editorials

Politics over progress

Congressional Republicans aim low with an agenda of nothing but ‘no’

July 24, 2013