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Colorado’s public lands can and must support both conservation and energy

Public lands are essential to Colorado’s identity, including economically, environmentally, and culturally. They support everything from hiking and hunting to grazing and energy production. ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Independence Day and the choice to be free

With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, I have been thinking about freedom and liberty. As Americans we enjoy both, but while they are often lumped together, they are not the same. A r...

DATE: Jun 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox

The joy of gathering, coming together, speaking up about negative impacts on Montezuma County

On June 14, Americans again took to the streets to protest. In many communities, it was promoted as “No Kings Day,” but the Montezuma County League of Women Voters and Indivisible, both nonp...

DATE: Jun 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Pickett’s charge

What is white’s best move?

DATE: Jun 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Brown’s Shoe Fit Co. reopens after months of construction

Dear Action Line, Do you know what’s going on with Brown’s shoes and when it will, if ever, reopen? It closed in late February for a remodel to open in March. It’s still closed. I s...

DATE: Jun 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Rep. Hurd must stand up for CD3 with a full-throated declaration: Our public lands are not for sale

Right now in Washington, D.C., members of Congress are seriously considering selling our public lands to pay for extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. While here in the West, our ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Straight from the experts, Southwest Colorado’s most important projects and pressing issues

Now that the legislative session is over, my weeks have filled up with visits around the district and meetings with constituents. First, I want to give a huge thanks to the League of Women ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A look back at the week June 16-22

The following is a recap of local events for this time period throughout history. 25 years ago (2000) A single thread has tied Navajo families together in the Two Grey Hills region, a t...

DATE: Jun 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Ten traits, one goal: a better community

Robert Fulghum gained fame and fortune from his book All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten. I find that to be an intriguing thought, and while it might be a bit of hyperbole, ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and a Road Less Traveled

Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July l...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods

June is Great Outdoors Month – a time when families across the country head outside to enjoy the rivers, mountains and open spaces that define the American West. In Colorado’s 3rd District, ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Medicaid cuts threaten everyone’s health care in Southwest Colorado

As leaders of rural hospitals, our organizations are lifelines for medical emergencies, medical homes for many and vital economic engines for our region. Proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns