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More Americans have a job today than they did a year ago, and employment levels have returned to historical levels from the inflated mortgage-caused collapse of the economy in 2008 and 2009. But as...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
When the United States, Britain, Russia, China, Germany, France and Iran signed a multilateral agreement in July to slow Iran’s steady march toward developing a nuclear weapon, the group made...
DATE: Sept. 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Comparing the initial events associated with the unexpected water release from the Gold King Mine above Silverton with the landfall of Hurricane Katrina at New Orleans 10 years ago provides some...
DATE: Aug. 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In the first six years of a program that provided long-acting, reversible contraception – primarily intrauterine devices and implants – to low-income teens and women in Colorado at little or no...
DATE: Aug. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Downtown Cortez is finally finding its footing. There are many people and entities who deserve thanks: landlords who have committed to keeping Main Street buildings filled, business owners who are...
DATE: Aug. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Two Army soldiers are about to graduate Friday, Aug. 21, from Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga. What is remarkable about that is that the two are the first women to graduate from that grueling...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In just a few days, students will stream into the newly built high school for their first day of classes, and the old building on Seventh Street will be officially retired. Unfortunately, what...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Knowing how litigious American society has become, it is no surprise that the idea of suing the Environmental Protection Agency was one of the first responses after last week’s spill of mining...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A region-wide disaster occurred when an estimated 3 million gallons of water began gushing out of the collapsed portal into the Gold King Mine on Wednesday morning. That the Environmental...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
It is not often a community can celebrate a new high school building, and for Cortez that time comes on Friday. Guided tours along with barbecue begin at 4:30, with speeches and a ribbon cutting at...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
On Monday, President Barack Obama and Environmental Protection Agency Director Gina McCarthy announced the release of the final version of the Clean Power Plan. It is a good plan and should be...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
This is not a cheerful commentary, nor is it one with a solution. If there is a solution, it almost has to involve the federal government, and that will not please some. Americans are not saving...
DATE: Aug. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
