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Most people do not realize that managing water in the West is larger an effort than putting a man on the moon. The wells, reservoirs and ditches needed to direct water for both agriculture and...
DATE: April 30, 2018 | COLUMN: From the State Senate
This spring I will have the honor of celebrating college graduation with one of my daughter’s friends who became a part of our family over the years. I cannot help but think about how many kids I...
DATE: April 26, 2018 | COLUMN: Education Update
We are fortunate to have a large population of veterans living in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, many of whom served in the Vietnam War. During this brutal war, many of these brave...
DATE: April 24, 2018 | COLUMN: From our Congressman
By Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott Shortly after starting as a newspaper reporter in the coal-fields region of eastern Kentucky, Will Wright wrote an alarming article about how residents hadn’t...
DATE: April 19, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I do not and have never tolerated sexual harassment in the workplace. Two weeks ago, the Senate was asked to consider expelling a member of our body because of allegations of sexual harassment. ...
DATE: April 16, 2018 | COLUMN: From the State Senate
April began with a bang for the city, with a record turnout for the biannual city election. Cortez City Clerk Linda Smith was hoping 1,500 voters would turn out, and 1,509 ballots were returned by...
DATE: April 12, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Mayor
Colorado’s public lands have enormous influence on our state’s culture and economy, and the state’s place for adventure is also why I’m proud the business my husband and I own, Alpacka Raft, is...
DATE: April 9, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
It’s hiring season for the Dolores School District. “Teachers wanted!” Every spring we are recruiting for the best teachers willing to embrace the challenges of educating our outstanding students....
DATE: April 5, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
According to the Colorado Health Information Dataset, 781 people died from gunshot wounds in Colorado in 2016, more than died from motor vehicle accidents. Of those killed with guns, 605 died by...
DATE: April 2, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – I’m a rock-ribbed conservative who wants Republicans to keep control of Congress. But I’m not unhappy that Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone lost the special election in...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I have an old Gibson Epiphone guitar my second wife bought me because she didn’t want me breakin’ her Alvarez. I’ve been draggin’ her around for years just ‘bong chinginin’ away whenever I could...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | COLUMN: Watch Yore Topknot
In rural Colorado, a farmer can lose tens of thousands of dollars in one day, a broken hip can take a week to get the right diagnosis and children flock to schools at night. Not because they want...
DATE: March 26, 2018 | COLUMN: From the State Senate
