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Position: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Finally. After what seems like the longest presidential election ever, local and national elections are now less than two months away. Most letters in the Times will pertain to local election...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By Tom Givón Last month our county commissioners, in a split 2-1 vote, succumbed to relentless lobbying pressure and agreed to put the question of a new airport, financed by an increase in...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By Roger Zalneraitis and Emily Meisner La Plata Economic Development Alliance The Alliance's vision is for La Plata County to be the premier Rocky Mountain community for business. Our three...
DATE: Sept. 1, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By Jacqueline Juliana Bayfield Primary School Sleep...We've all heard the saying, "You snooze, you lose!" This upsets me. I love to sleep and can't seem to get enough. So, being in education, and...
DATE: Aug. 26, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
Editor's note: This is a condensed version of a letter sent to Bayfield School District parents on Aug. 4. By Troy Zabel I am so grateful to be part of this community, starting my sixth year as...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
Back in May 2003, the party that controlled the Colorado Legislature pushed through what was called "midnight redistricting" at the very end of the legislative session. The goal was to help members...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By Guinn Unger This coming November, Coloradans will vote on ColoradoCare, Amendment 69. As I talk with folks about this initiative, people seem to think that liberals will vote Yes and...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
People tell me that they like hearing what it's really like to be a legislator. So, I'll give you a bit of the bigger picture of being a legislator. With 10 years' worth of experience at the...
DATE: Aug. 4, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By Carole McWilliams I do errands in Durango about once a week. There are annoyances generally related to traffic or needing a product that's on the top shelf at South City Market, but each time I...
DATE: July 28, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
By J. Paul Brown The sheep are in the mountains, and we are very thankful for a good lamb crop. We will move each camp in the high country every week with horses and mules and will return to the...
DATE: July 21, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
What an irony that our readers got their July 8 Times with the article about the award for the Bayfield Marshal's Office at the same time they were getting news of the sniper killing of five police...
DATE: July 14, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
I love the 4th of July, although sometimes, I wish we could have the 4th off. But that's not the way it works when you have a job at a small-town paper where Independence Day is the big town...
DATE: July 7, 2016 | COLUMN: Talk of the Times
