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A few lingering seconds

DIAG 1 We the people on the Fourth of July rally to firework displays. Fireworks, like a musical rift, have their own cadence, rhythm, and beat. It’s often the pauses, that extra long f...

DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Cleanup and community progress nine years since the river turned orange

In August 2015, an unplanned release of acid mine drainage from the Gold King Mine turned the Animas River bright orange. It looked horrible – but thankfully, this orange plume was less dama...

DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

We owe it to ourselves, one another to pursue a different pathway to peace

Every experience of personal trauma comes with a story. Over time, that story becomes a wounded piece of who we are. Much of the mistreatment we experience in the world happens as we stumble...

DATE: Jul 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Spacehog

What is white’s best move?

DATE: Jun 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

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