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Letter: Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for electric car “fuel”

I read with interest the Dec. 14 article, “Montezuma County installs EV charging station,” about the electric car charging station.…

January 7, 2021

Letter: Purgatory lifts failing more often than reader remembers

I have been a pass holder at Purgatory since 1975. And I don’trecall a time when so many lifts have…

January 5, 2021

Letter: Enjoy back country safely, avoid avalanche dangers

Seventy percent of the mountains in Colorado are the San Juans, right in our backyard. The “Magic Juans” extend from…

January 5, 2021

Our View: State oversight of oil and gas industry shifts this month

State oversight of oil and gas industry shifts this month with new regulations

January 5, 2021

Writers on the Range: When water dries up, it can be deadly

In Oregon, the Klamath Basin wildlife refuges have fallen into their winter silence now. The huge, clamorous flocks of geese…

January 1, 2021

Our View: COVID-19: The truth

Daniel Bergman has heard it all, every possible irrational, misinformed, paranoid idea about COVID-19 and the vaccines. A few examples:…

December 29, 2020

Letter: Area offers plenty of places to target shoot safely

The Dec. 16 article, “Do We Need More Gun Ranges?” was way off the mark. Instead of delving into gun…

December 22, 2020

Harrison Raine: Time to support wildland firefighters

Rainedu1-i-syn By mid-September, there was no one left to call. The West, with its thousands of federal, state and local…

December 2, 2020

Our View: Surveillance success or Orwell come to pass?

Cameras catch girls, but is this the world we want?

December 1, 2020

Can’t touch that

Presidents may not withhold aid Congress appropriates. Blame Nixon.

January 3, 2020

Editorial cartoons

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July 24, 2019

Gun-control supporters are hypocrites

In recent weeks there have been a number of letters to the editor criticizing our county commissioners for declaring Montezuma…

March 21, 2019

Robert Samuelson

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…

January 21, 2019

We’re so blue

Unaffiliated voters led Democrats to a sweep of the state table Tuesday

November 7, 2018

Editorials

Our endorsements

Initiatives on campaign cash and oil and gas setbacks are extreme bids

September 18, 2018

Editorials

Autumn comes a little sooner this year, and with a note of sadness

September 10, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Why we don’t prepare for the future

Robert Samuelsondu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – More than 20 years ago, I wrote that Americans would solve their most pressing problems through…

September 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Community is our most important asset

President Donald Trump proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month. The bottom line, is this just another communique out of Washington…

September 10, 2018

Editorials

McCain found his morality in prison, and kept it throughout his political career

John McCain’s years of captivity in Hanoi, where he was held by the North Vietnamese after his plane was hit…

September 3, 2018

Michael Gerson

Gerson: Republicans must pick their point of resistance

Michael Gersondu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – One of the unpleasant surprises of your 50s (among many) is seeing the heroes and mentors…

September 3, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Livestock association debate was odd

du1-i-syn Recently, I attended the Montezuma County commissioner candidate debate at the Sale Barn, hosted by the Southwest Colorado Livestock…

September 3, 2018

Congress should put partisanship aside and reauthorize the LWCF

Congress needs to bridge the partisan divide and reauthorize the LWCF

August 30, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Parker: The loss of McCain leaves a void

Kathleen Parkerdu1-i-syn WASHINGTON — The world seems already a lesser place with the passing of Sen. John McCain. The ensuing…

August 30, 2018

Beset by extremism in our national politics, Colorado knows what to do

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Gov. John Hickenlooper asks a question of his staff before delivering his final State of the State…

August 27, 2018