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Health care consumers get little help resolving complaints

Who protects patients when things go wrong on healthcare’s financial side? What happens when you receive a bill you didn’t expect and can’t afford to pay? What happens when insure...

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Privatize public lands? Start with grazing fees

By Andrew Gulliford Writers on the Range We’ve all heard the refrain from those who distrust and disparage the federal government: Give the nation’s public lands back t...

DATE: May 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Building Community on the Road to Living with Wildfire

By Pam Wilison In preparation for an upcoming Fire Adapted Communities Workshop I was asked to prepare a short presentation on what drives me to do this job. The answer really gel...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Thinking About Health Women’s life span falling in rural America

Those of us who grew up in small rural communities in the 1950s and ’60s, expected to have longer life spans than our parents. The trends were in our favor. White women born in 19...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Lucky student gardeners work alongside first lady

I was sitting down to the computer, getting ready to write this article, when some pretty phenomenal news came across my email: Four local gardeners were going to the White House in Washingt...

DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Arguing for bikes in wilderness wastes your time

By Tim Lydon Writers on the Range I shouldn’t be writing this, and you shouldn’t be reading it. Far more pressing issues face our public lands. But a vocal minority is ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Feels like spring out there; time to attend to fruit trees

Abnormal. Somewhat strange. A bit peculiar with an air of absurdity. No, this isn’t how my kids describe their dad or a way to describe the 2016 Chicago Cubs, the odds-on favorit...

DATE: Mar 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Freedom brings new challenges and responsibilities

Years ago Marlo Thomas recorded an album entitled, “Free to Be You and Me.” I don’t remember much about the songs on it, but I do remember my kids and I listened to it a lot. Both then and n...

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Dolores Rotary Club assists schools

I want to take a moment to thank the Dolores Rotary Club for their generous support of Dolores Schools throughout this school year. The Rotary Club makes a regular practice of inv...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Now’s a good time to know about – and watch out for – ice

As we have experienced in our area recently, ice is a reality in winter. Watching out for ice on the roads and sidewalks practically becomes second nature this time of year, not ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Thinking About Health Can shopping for services really bring down costs?

Early in December, David, a reader who lives in the foothills west of Denver, sent me an email. “It’s scary when you go into any health-care facility and don’t know whether to bri...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

In life’s mosaic, ‘fragments of possibility’

Imagine – scarlet. Bring it to mind in all its richness. Sit with this vivid, intense color, and let it speak to you. Now, fuchsia. And then, magenta. Try azure. And in a while, w...

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way