Opinion

Empire Electric opposes SB 252

I am very concerned with special interests in Denver collaborating with primarily urban legislators to ram through legislation Empire's members do not agree with. Senate Bill 13-252 imposes...

DATE: April 15, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Debunking myths about sexual assault

"Oh, no!" the woman exclaimed as she retrieved the mail from her post office box. "Jury duty," she explained to the post office patrons who had turned their heads in alarm at her initial outburst....

DATE: April 12, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

New jewels in the crown of treasured public lands

On March 25, President Obama added five new national monument jewels to America's enviable crown of treasured public lands. These lands forever protect the historic places of our nation and its...

DATE: March 29, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Enough, already!

I love mountain biking. And the trails I ride in Western Colorado are as good as anyplace you can boast about. But it's no secret that throughout much of the western United States, many of the...

DATE: March 29, 2013 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range

A big thank-you from the Bridge

I want to thank the Cortez City Council support for the Bridge Emergency Shelter, as evident in their unanimous vote for a surcharge on every ticket written into Cortez Municipal Court. New...

DATE: March 27, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Patriotism

In 2013, Private Bradley Manning spent his 1,000th day in jail. Those 1,000 days equal 2.75 years. The first 10 months were spent in solitary confinement, where he was routinely denied sleep and...

DATE: March 25, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Your community hospital is a great hospital

On March 11, 2013, your local community hospital, Southwest Memorial Hospital of Cortez was named one of the HealthStrongT Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.This is a huge and...

DATE: March 22, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Colorado River forecast calls for cooperation

Like many people in Western Colorado, I start most mornings looking at the weather forecasts and studying the current snowpack estimates. On most of those mornings my laptop stares back at me with...

DATE: March 22, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

No more gold giveaways on public lands

Since 1872, mining interests have made billions of dollars by removing and selling valuable minerals from our public lands without having to pay a cent to the American taxpayer. This is one of the...

DATE: March 20, 2013 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range

Media, public share oversight roles

The caller on the other end of the phone line was aggravated. He had been given the run-around by government officials, the very people he put in office to represent him, and his quest for answers...

DATE: March 15, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Paranoid

Those who read my commentaries regularly, especially those who vehemently disagree, believe that the above term aptly describes me. I am about to provide further grist for your mill.I have been...

DATE: March 13, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

The Legislature: eventful, challenging

This year's session has been quite eventful! We have faced challenges never seen before in the history of the Colorado Legislature. The Democrats are in control of all three branches and are...

DATE: March 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

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