Opinion

Bears Ears may finally get the protection it so clearly deserves

Cedar Mesa, Dark Canyon, Grand Gulch and Valley of the Gods are all places with names that evoke the almost mythical natural landscape familiar to many residents and visitors of the Four Corners...

DATE: July 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong remembered for approachability, civility

At a time when everyone is speculating as to how Congress became so dysfunctional, with both parties refusing to communicate and to compromise on almost every issue, we can remember political...

DATE: July 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Supreme Court ruling bolsters women’s right to choose

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term on a high note Monday. In the most important case involving abortion in more than 20 years, the court effectively said Monday that Texas cannot pull an end run...

DATE: June 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

GOP’s health plan

Lost in this past week’s news of fires, floods and the excesses and shortcomings of Donald Trump, was the release of the Republican Party’s leadership’s proposed health care plan for Americans, a...

DATE: June 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Scott Tipton

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, is being challenged in the Republican primary by Alex Beinstein of Carbondale. While Beinstein earns points for ambition, initiative and civic involvement, it is...

DATE: June 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

D.C. appeals court hands consumers a victory in ensuring net neutrality

On Tuesday, an appeals court upheld Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit broadband companies from blocking or slowing web traffic to consumers from sites they choose to deny. It is...

DATE: June 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Maybe a version of Buffett’s lunches would fund nonprofits here

Raising money is on the mind of every nonprofit’s leadership, and it never gets any easier. Additional clients, more appropriate programs and better compensated staff members make for an endless...

DATE: June 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Condolences to the victims of the Orlando shooting

It is extraordinary how much is known in just 24 hours about the shooter in the tragic early Sunday morning Orlando nightclub massacre, and what his motivation and techniques might have been. The...

DATE: June 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Republican primary voters should pick Frazier from crowded field

While hardly as colorful as the national presidential race, Colorado Republicans have had a remarkable time picking a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Going into the state’s primary election, which...

DATE: June 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Give credit to Bernstein, but Tipton should be on fall ballot

With a strong showing in the Republican Party’s 3rd Congressional District assembly in April, Alex Bernstein of Carbondale earned the opportunity to challenge incumbent Congressman Scott Tipton in...

DATE: June 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Heftier costs for drillers violating regulations appears to be working

A state law passed in 2014 raised the fines Colorado can impose on gas and oil producers found to be in violation of health, safety and environment regulations. By and large, it would seem the...

DATE: June 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bennet to honor service and a part of Colorado’s past

Colorado’s Sen. Michael Bennet has a plan to honor and protect Camp Hale, the legendary former Army base near Leadville. He would make it the nation’s first National Historic Landscape, a...

DATE: May 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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