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The birds flying among the stars of the night sky

Greetings, stargazers. Aquila, the Eagle, may not be the most well-known, or most recognizable constellation, but it is straightforward to find, and is worth adding to your repertoire. It i...

DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Supporting wilderness and the immense value it provides

In his wildly popular 1968 book, Desert Solitaire, Ed Abbey claimed that “we need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there...

DATE: Oct 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Editorial Cartoons

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

The business of business in early Cortez

The frustrations of doing business in Cortez with no bank in 1891-1892

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Editorial Cartoons

DATE: Sep 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

Terrorist attacks hit home in Cortez

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Writers on the Range: Wildfire redux – again

Poor Butte County, California, again on fire, its smoke choking the air of states miles away. Nestled in the Northern Sierras, Butte County is home to Chico State University, Sierra Nevada B...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Liberate ‘The Pill’

Do you think that a medication that kills more than 3,000 people in the U.S. annually should be available without a prescription, even though it has health benefits? What about another medic...

DATE: Aug 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Our forgotten potato industry

Montezuma County hosted a potato cellar at the edge of Cortez, and farm in the valley

DATE: Jul 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Meet Sid ‘Kid’ Belt, the boxer who built Belt Salvage in Cortez

Local fighter was three-winner against Hall of Fame’s Joe ‘Awful’ Coffee

DATE: Jul 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

America is getting meaner, on the left and on the right

I went to see my doctor the other day for a COVID-19-delayed physical. Instead of talking about what ails me, he wanted to talk about what ails us. A dystopian country. The Babel of misinfor...

DATE: Jun 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Now underway: An American Renaissance

In 1982, economist Mancur Olson set out to explain a paradox. West Germany and Japan endured widespread devastation during World War II, yet in the years after the war both countries experie...

DATE: Jun 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The birds flying among the stars of the night sky

Supporting wilderness and the immense value it provides

Editorial Cartoons

The business of business in early Cortez

Editorial Cartoons

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

Writers on the Range: Wildfire redux – again

Liberate ‘The Pill’

Our forgotten potato industry

Meet Sid ‘Kid’ Belt, the boxer who built Belt Salvage in Cortez

America is getting meaner, on the left and on the right

Now underway: An American Renaissance

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