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Thank you all for the solar barn-raising

John Lyle and Dion Hollenbeck with solarbarnraising.org got us started by inviting us to participate in several installations that they…

August 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Thank you to Mancos festival sponsors

The festival raised nearly $10,500 to be shared by our organizations. Mancos Trails Group now can accelerate its stewardship and…

August 13, 2018

Guest Columns

Rigney: Sen. Gardner, act now to preserve the LWCF

Rigney, Osprey Packsdu1-i-syn Nowhere does that feel more true than in Colorado, which our company has called home for almost…

August 13, 2018

Editorials

Hard cases: A refugee shot an officer in Colorado Springs – does his immigration status matter?

du1-i-syn Recently, several Colorado Springs police officers responded to shots fired downtown. They found an armed man, exchanged gunfire, and…

August 13, 2018

Commissioners wasting money on claim

All the trails in question, including Bear Creek, Ryman and Calico, have always been open to hikers, cyclists and equestrians.…

August 9, 2018

MILBANK: Down badly at halftime, Trump declares victory

du1-i-syn A Trump-boosting Republican member of Congress has been indicted on charges of insider trading – from the White House,…

August 9, 2018

Investing in abuse: PERA has another problem

du1-i-syn But that’s not how markets usually work, as we were reminded when we listened to Reveal, the public-radio news…

August 9, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: The triumph of downward mobility

du1-i-syn There might be periodic stumbles, but the long-term trajectory is up. And the people most guaranteed to enjoy this…

August 6, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Thanks for the Cortez fireworks show

We all enjoy the fireworks, but do you know the history? In 1961, Bill Hutchinson and fellow Rotarians created the…

August 6, 2018

Editorials

Pickaxing stars won’t do anything to clean up the mess we’ve made

(AP Photo/Richard Vogel) Pedestrians walk past a cordoned off area surrounding the vandalized star for Donald Trump on the Hollywood…

August 6, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Lack of transparency fails the county

The commissioners believe this action gives them the right to designate how existing roads, routes and trails in the Dolores…

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Haukeness: Schools preparing now for return of students

du1-i-syn Our students are the heartbeat of our schools and the reason we’re here, and I am excited to visit…

August 2, 2018

Editorials

Sand Canyon: A modest proposal

du1-i-syn The weathered and uneven slickrock encourages no parking order. Drivers have to balance proximity, footing, a guess as to…

August 2, 2018

Editorials

Road show: Montezuma County claims over historic routes not in public’s interest

SHANNON LIVICK/STAR<br><br>A SECTION OF road on in the Boggy Draw area shows deep ruts. This road , 527.J, is proposed…

July 30, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Parker: Feeling sorry for Trump? That’s the plan

du1-i-syn There’s the reality of 4.1 percent economic growth, full employment, a declining trade deficit and some wage growth. And…

July 30, 2018

Bears Ears: Don’t dismantle the sacred spirit of the land

It is the belief of indigenous people here in the Southwest that the land within the Bears Ears National Monument…

July 26, 2018

We can agree: Candidates for governor vow to continue some of Hickenlooper’s work

FILE – In this May 4, 2017, file photo, workers dismantle the charred remains of a house where an explosion…

July 26, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Parker: Scrappy pilot versus Bigfoot hunter in Tennessee

du1-i-syn Not. Kidding. Nickloes and I sat down Wednesday at the Yee-Haw Brewing Co. and talked about her decision to…

July 23, 2018

Editorials

Congress vs Nature: Tipton’s forest proposals are really no help at all

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald06-10-18- Durango- The 416 Fire races down the south side of Hermosa Creek on Sunday afternoon as it…

July 23, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Time for intervention to halt immigration

As other presidents have done, this one needs to stop the problem at the source. Both Honduras and El Salvador…

July 19, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Get ready for the coming welfare wars

du1-i-syn Should the government require welfare recipients either to get a job or to train for one? It’s a philosophical…

July 19, 2018

Editorials

Party in the Park

Perhaps what we need most is a big summertime celebration. And that makes KSUT’s 15th annual Party in the Park…

July 19, 2018

For goodness sake, stop stereotyping us

When the first letter was delivered, I took the time to speak to the author but was not impressed by…

July 16, 2018

Whither Wheeler: Will Pruitt’s replacement at EPA be an improvement?

In this April, 2018, photo provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler poses for a photo in Washington (EPA…

July 16, 2018