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I am a retired librarian so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favorite places in Cortez is our local library. The libraries of today are very different from the ones many of us grew up...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Mayor
When President Obama designated Bears Ears in Southeastern Utah a national monument last year, it represented a major breakthrough for Native American tribes. A movement and vision conceived by a...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Back when I was a “citizen,” I had some pretty strong opinions about things. As time passed, I started questioning my own opinions. Where did they come from and why? I began to see that I was...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2017 | COLUMN: Watch Yore Topknot
WASHINGTON – Maybe we’re not “’Shark Tank’ nation” after all. The incredibly popular cable business program, which features budding entrepreneurs pleading for backing from wealthy investors (the...
DATE: Sept. 28, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Our district is improving every year and we are excited to offer new opportunities for our student to learn, grow and explore their future careers. We only grow better with participation, ideas,...
DATE: Sept. 28, 2017 | COLUMN: Education Update
During the August board meeting of the State Board of Education, the Colorado Department of Education released the Scholastic Aptitude Scores for 2016-17. The SAT is a standardized test that is...
DATE: Sept. 25, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
As you read this, tens of thousands of acres are going up in flames across the West. Decades of misguided forest management strategies and decisions are coming home to roost. The U.S. Forest...
DATE: Sept. 21, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Fellow community members, and friends of the Ron Kotarski, Jr. Memorial Community Playground: It is with great sadness and regret that we, the Dolores Town Board of Trustees, and staff, had to...
DATE: Sept. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
When I was a kid, there was a guy named Mao Zedong who was the “big cheese” in China. He ruled with a pretty hard hand, and demanded that everyone dress, speak and think alike. I’ve noticed, with...
DATE: Sept. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I am a retired librarian so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favorite places in Cortez is our local library. The libraries of today are very different from the ones many of us grew up...
DATE: Sept. 14, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – What has been missing for the past two or three decades is a serious debate about the role of the federal government. What programs are effective and justified? Who deserves government...
DATE: Sept. 11, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force “sniffer plane” was collecting air samples off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sept. 3, 1949, when it gathered evidence of radioactivity, confirming that the...
DATE: Sept. 7, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
