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Sen. Bernie Sanders misses bottom line

Sen. Bernie Sanders has repeatedly claimed that 1 in 5 seniors “live on an average income of $7,600 a year.”…

July 7, 2015

Obama strays from facts on health care

Reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the administration in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act…

June 30, 2015

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Stewards of the Land Rains don’t mean end of wildfires

The recent spring rains may lull you into thinking there won’t be much of a fire season. And there may…

June 30, 2015

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Love lights at the Lemmon in 1891

The subject of my column this week is the Kelly family. Charles Brinton Kelly was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on…

June 30, 2015

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Fact Check Roesslers have roots in mercantile

I am writing about the Roessler families this week. John Roessler was born in 1871 and married Flora Wagner in…

June 23, 2015

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Fact Check Carly for America misleads on Clinton Foundation

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says that “so little” of the charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation “actually go to…

June 23, 2015

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George Conrad Bauer: A stranger succeeds in a strange land

My column this week will be largely about George Conrad Bauer. George Conrad Bauer was born at Siegen, Prussia in…

June 16, 2015

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Hillary Clinton in mostly truthful moments; Chris Christie … not

In a speech calling for an expansion of voting rights, Hillary Clinton attacked what she described as efforts to restrict…

June 16, 2015

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The Wagners’ German heritage and Civil War legacy

I will write about the Wagner families this week. Francis Herman Wagner was born in December 1840 in Germany. When…

June 9, 2015

$Another fracking spin fro EPA; Huckabee protects SocSec from Bush$

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Another fracking spin fro EPA; Huckabee protects SocSec from Bush

The Environmental Protection Agency released the draft of a long-awaited study on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing – or…

June 9, 2015

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Walking on the moon, raining in Mancos

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on July 21, 1969. I wondered what the Mancos Times-Tribune had to say about…

June 2, 2015

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Huckabee’s court challenge; and those lingering terrorists

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: “The Supreme Court can’t overrule the other two” branches of government. The courts have the…

June 2, 2015

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Chamber News Community Art Project gearing up for ‘81328’

The Community Art Project’s opening reception is July 23 at 5-7 p.m. at the Mancos Community Center. The mission of…

May 26, 2015

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Looking back at the Freemans

I will use the history column this week to write about the complex Freeman family. Roy Freeman was born in…

May 26, 2015

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RNC’s smoking gun on Clinton fires a blank; Bush, U.N. at odds

The Republican National Committee thinks it has the smoking gun that proves Hillary Clinton used “multiple secret email addresses” as…

May 26, 2015

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Eva Rutherford Hayes got around from Arloa to Webber

A lot of history is contained within the life of Eva Rutherford Hayes. June 9, 1957 School days are over…

May 19, 2015

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Carson tops the deficit; Clinton on thin ICE; Christie on part-timers

“If you go to a financial adviser and, you know, you’re in trouble. . They’ll ask: What do you own,…

May 19, 2015

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The Clinton Foundation agreement and Paul’s not-so-foxy gaffe

When Hillary Clinton was nominated as secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation signed an agreement seeking to avoid conflicts of…

May 12, 2015

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Remembering three families of Mancos

I received a call from a granddaughter of Alfred George “Al” and Charlene McClard “Sherry” Stewart. She wanted information I…

May 12, 2015

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Three men who helped shape Mancos

This column is an excerpt from the Genealogy and Biography of the State of Colorado published in 1899. (I added…

May 5, 2015

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Misreading the case against incarceration and crime

Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democratic presidential candidate), said, “It’s a stark fact that the United States has less than five percent…

May 5, 2015

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Towns had a brief, interesting life

Hallarville wasn’t actually a town, but its location many local people remember. It was located at the turnoff to Mesa…

April 28, 2015

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Did Hillary Clinton pay women less? Guess again, mister

The Republican National Committee chairman said Hillary Clinton paid women in her Senate office less than men. But annual salary…

April 28, 2015

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A new millennium: New officers at the lodge; trustee forced out

What was going on in the Mancos Valley as the new millennium approached? Mancos Times-Tribune Dec. 27, 2000 President Bill…

April 21, 2015