Let’s clear up some confusion over sex ed bill

There has been lots of conversation on House Bill 19-1032, Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. I have been asked, why in the world would you sponsor such a bill? The answer i...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate

The ignoble death of Sheriff Wesley Dunlap

Editor’s note: Part 2 of this article will appear in the March 1 issue. Portions of this article were found in the issues of the Montezuma Valley Journal and from article written by Anna...

DATE: Jan 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Abert’s squirrels are friends to the ponderosa pines

Sometimes, winter in the forest can seem like there isn’t much going on – especially if, like me, you might be out there with a group of 60 excited schoolchildren. Wildlife often make themse...

DATE: Jan 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Maybe there’s something we can do on warming

WASHINGTON – On global climate change, I’ve changed my mind – just slightly. I’ve written about this issue for more than two decades, and my theme has been monotonously consistent...

DATE: Jan 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

What Sears and GE declines say about capitalism

WASHINGTON – General Electric and Sears have fallen on hard times, and that tells us a lot about U.S. capitalism. Both were once great enterprises -– symbols of American ingenuit...

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Busy year ahead for city with water, other issues

New Year’s is traditionally a time to reflect on where we’ve been and contemplate where we are going. In that spirit, I want to share some city highlights for 2018 and provide a preview of 2...

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Busy year ahead for city with water, other issues

New Year’s is traditionally a time to reflect on where we’ve been and contemplate where we are going. In that spirit, I want to share some city highlights for 2018 and provide a preview of 2...

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Trampling barriers: Mancos artist’s bronze sculpture honors fall of Berlin Wall

President George H.W. Bush helped reunite East and West Germany when the Berlin Wall fell, and a Mancos artist cast a 7-ton bronze sculpture commemorating the event. For 28 years,...

DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

This asterism is a highlight of the winter sky

Greetings, Stargazers. I have to say that comet 46P/Wirtanen last month exceeded my expectations. By that, I simply mean I could see it with my naked eye, even if it was just bare...

DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Others Say

Resolve to be curious about the natural world

We’re almost to mid-January. How are those New Year’s resolutions going? I’m still vacillating over whether or not to actually make any resolutions. I have a number of goals for ...

DATE: Jan 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Powerful solutions

Fort Lewis College women frustrated at Chadron State

Late chances don’t fall for FLC

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Above the Rim

Evangelicals falsely believe Trump is a champion

WASHINGTON – By all indications, the reluctant support by white evangelicals for Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton in 2016 has solidified into something like devotion. In his a...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

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