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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), it seems, has convinced our “local officials” that County Road BB, in Pleasant View, needs to be closed where it stops at Highway 491 because there...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I would like to take this time to thank everyone who was involved with the Parade of Lights, and a special thanks to the many organizations that took the time to build floats and make this event...
DATE: Dec. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — The most amusing part of the Trump transition has been watching its effortless confounding of the media, often in fewer than 140 characters. One morning, after a Fox News report on...
DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
By the healthy margin of 2.5 million votes the American people chose Hillary Clinton as their president. And yet, Donald Trump is our president-elect, all because our democracy continues to be...
DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am writing about the horrible service from Waste Management. One inch of snow, and Waste Management refuses to pick up our garbage due to weather conditions. They want us to drag our can one...
DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump is an avowed economic nationalist. He promises to put American interests “first” in fashioning trade policy and negotiations. If he fulfills these pledges – and the...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
NEW YORK – As Democrats contemplate their losses in November’s election, most have settled on a solution. They believe that the party needs more economically populist policies. But this misses an...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Ironically, Fort Lewis College passed a resolution in 2015 to support the Bears Ears National Monument in an effort to “protect” this important Utah area; yet students in 2016 obviously have not...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five years ago — December 1991 — communism died, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union disappeared. It was the largest breakup of an empire in modern history and not a shot...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
A huge thank you and shout out to all who supported, and passed by a remarkable margin, Ballot Issue 5A for the Mancos Public Library! Thanks to all who lent their support by way of public...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I’m grateful to live in a state that voted for equality and justice for all, and environmental protections, for health and public land, and that supports our booming tourist industry. ...
DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
May those whose experiences moved them to vote differently than mine did feel the good will and respect I send to them. May our common belief in the power of American democracy unite us as we work...
DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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