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Winning trumps everything, including national interest

Everybody likes to win. Somewhere in grade school, children learn that they don't get to win all the time. Some don't get over the idea that they should, as an entitlement. ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Happy New Year? We can only hope

By Carole McWilliams We're almost two months past the Nov. 8 election and counting down the days until Himself is formally installed as our new ruler. We've seen no si...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Ignacio school superintendent receives death threat

Ignacio School Superintendent Rocco Fuschetto said he received an email threat against himself and his family if he doesn’t resign by April 1. He doesn’t plan to quit, but securit...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Holiday tree provides light and cheer in dark days

I got my Yule trees put up this past weekend, and mostly decorated. Our colleagues at the Durango Herald had an article last week on the comparative merits of real trees versus f...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

It's 'our' river too that was desecrated

We're all downstream or downwind from something. That became all too visible last week as what's now listed as 3 million gallons of orange toxic waste from a long-abandoned gold m...

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Diversion of water OK’d by the state

Conservation board drafts ‘framework’

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

TABOR squeezing Colorado recovery

This might be the year for Colorado taxpayers to take a serious look at the TABOR (Taxpayers' Bill of Rights) Amendment that voters put into the state constitution in 1992. Along ...

DATE: Feb 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Get those ballots in

Ballots for the Nov. 4 local, state, and national elections were mailed to registered voters last week. They need to be returned to the county clerk by 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 to be counted. Postma...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

SUCAP shows off Roadrunner buses

Regional routes include Cortez

DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

SUCAP shows off new Roadrunner buses

Regional routes include Dolores

DATE: Jun 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Some of us don't have a vote in LPEA board election

The annual LPEA board election is happening now, at least for some co-op members. Letters to the editor have become rather heated, especially regarding incumbent nine-year board member Jeff...

DATE: May 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Stop the war on future generations

Tuesday was Earth Day. For some of us, that's an occasion to recognize that the Earth is the only global life support system we've got, and we should treat her accordingly. For others, the E...

DATE: Apr 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks