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Protect our public lands, protect the La Plata Mountains

Our beautiful area in the Southwest is graced with an abundance of public lands – places that are part of our culture and ingrained in the identity of the region. These spaces provide opport...

DATE: Mar 22, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Free but costly

When negotiating, it is usually advantageous to avoid making the first offer. Similarly, in chess, sometimes it is best not to have the move and instead give your opponent an extra move. The...

DATE: Mar 20, 2026 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Colorado deserves better: A troubling eight-year trajectory

Colorado has historically valued independence, controlled spending, and respect for limits on government. As Senate Minority Leader, let me be clear: Our state is drifting from these princip...

DATE: Mar 20, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

How does the time change actually save daylight, anyway?

Dear Action Line, Whelp, another time change to daylight savings time, another bleary-eyed late-for-work day on Monday. Why on earth do we need to do this time change thing, I hate ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Protecting 911 funding and strengthening emergency services through bipartisan work

We’re one-third of the way through the legislative session, and my bills are making their way through the legislative process. Several have already passed out of the House and are being hear...

DATE: Mar 13, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Colorado mine waste could help meet America’s critical mineral needs

Now that the United States is energy dominant, mineral independence must be the next step in securing the materials needed for our way of life. Mine waste is an understudied resource that co...

DATE: Mar 8, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Stopping the gossip cycle

Practical steps you can take to keep rumor and innuendo from spreading

DATE: Mar 6, 2026 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox

How Colorado’s 3rd District wins the next era of manufacturing

In Colorado’s 3rd District, we do not wait for Washington to save us. We build. We produce. We compete. For too long, federal economic policy has operated in reverse. A plant closes. A mine...

DATE: Mar 6, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Broken permits, broken promise: How bots and bureaucrats locked out river runners

In the 1980s and ’90s, river runners in the southwestern United States packed their gear and headed into canyon country. Those trips were the heartbeat of their year – where people connected...

DATE: Mar 1, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

We may pay dearly for the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Recently, the Montezuma County Republications hosted a presentation by the Colorado Health Institute. The CHC is a Denver-based nonpartisan nonprofit that uses evidence-based data and provid...

DATE: Feb 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Open lanes

DIAG 1 The Netherlands’ Jan Timman was one of the world’s top players from the 1970s to the early 2000s and at one time the second highest rated player in the world. He was also a belov...

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Poison in the well

How gossip, rumor, and innuendo quietly damage relationships

DATE: Feb 24, 2026 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox