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Mesa Verde’s announcement that hiking and bicycling will be allowed on the Wetherill Mesa tram road is good news, with a small “but.” The change will help accomplish several goals: Access to the...
DATE: Jan. 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Colorado Constitution, by a 2006 voter amendment, has a mechanism for adjusting the state’s minimum wage annually to reflect the cost of living. Accordingly, the state’s bottom pay level...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The whole nation followed events in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York, this year, where grand juries refused to indict white police officers in the shooting deaths of unarmed black...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials
It was no surprise that the plaintiffs dropped their lawsuit against the Montezuma County commissioners for rescinding the transferable development rights program for the upper Dolores River...
DATE: Dec. 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A plan to preserve Calkins school building in Cortez is good news. An out-of-state development group has committed to maintaining the historical integrity of the building and placing it on the...
DATE: Dec. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Southwest Colorado is made for Christmas. The combination of snowcapped peaks and usually blue skies makes this as beautiful a place as any on Earth. And there is nothing like small-town living to...
DATE: Dec. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Colorado Task Force regarding State and Local Regulation of Oil and Gas Operations began with a Herculean task and an ambitious timeline. As the divergent panel wades through its charge to...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Before the subject was eclipsed by the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s use of torture, nearly everyone was talking the use of force by law enforcement officers. A grand jury...
DATE: Dec. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The two grand jury decisions that failed to indict two white police officers in two incidents in two states that left two black men dead have triggered protests across the nation as well as...
DATE: Dec. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Colorado’s Sen. Mark Udall seems intent on going out with a bang, and good for him. The mission he has taken on could be of critical importance to the future of the United States and its...
DATE: Dec. 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
One of the issues expected to be taken up by the Colorado Legislature when it convenes next month is a proposal to make it more difficult for condominium buyers to sue builders over construction...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The most forceful push back against law enforcement’s quest for easy access to cellphone-call data and content is not always coming from privacy groups, but from the manufacturers of the phones and...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials
