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Let’s avoid the potential negative impacts of withdrawing from Tri-State

Declare victory and stay with Tri-State. What does that mean? This past March, the board of directors of La Plata Electric Association, a nonprofit electric cooperative, voted to withdraw fr...

DATE: Dec 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Why Colorado’s wolf restoration should be viewed as the success it is

Voter passage of Proposition 114 in the 2020 election was not a biological decision, as alleged in the opinion essay, “Polis can correct Colorado’s bad wolf-reintroduction bet” (Oct. 31, Col...

DATE: Dec 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The Season of Small Business supports Colorado’s main street retailers and restaurants

The Season of Small Business is an annual U.S. Small Business Administration-led campaign designed to drive Americans to shop at small businesses throughout the entire holiday season. The pa...

DATE: Dec 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Charity also means a charity of spirit

Welcome to December 2024, folks. The holiday season is upon us. It is the time of year in most traditions and religions when we turn inward, when we focus on family and friends. The winter h...

DATE: Nov 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Stewart honored to be in service to Southwest Colorado communities

My name is Katie Stewart, and I am your new state representative for House District 59. On the campaign trail, I had the privilege of meeting people across Southwest Colorado, and I’ve found...

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Democracies are weakened, face failure when citizens do not participate in them

In 1920, a man named David C. Stephenson came up from Texas to Indiana and resurrected the old dogma that sprouted from the outcome of the Civil War. He blasted out the rhetoric of “America ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Let’s scrap the stigma of mental illness

Even though one in five Americans is estimated to suffer from mental health illness, talk about mental health in the rural West remains muted. I’d like to talk about it this Thanksgiving bec...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

‘Dear Durango, I’ve been meaning to write to you …’

Yes, Durango, ever since moving here last year, I’ve been meaning to write to you, tell you how it’s going. Having spent 84 years in Ohio, you’d think, Durango, it would have been a tough mo...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Jared Polis wants to win back the hippies

It’s such a bother when politicians have to go and complicate your clean narrative about why they’re succeeding. Last week, I spoke to Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado. Polis...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Politics would benefit from the traits of a skilled coach, good parent or effective boss

Depending on the coach, a loss is either a nightmare or a teaching tool. Mediocre or poor coaches dread losses, seeing how they threaten job security, especially when they start piling up. G...

DATE: Nov 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Is Chris Hansen a good fit for leading LPEA into the energy future?

Credit La Plata Electric Association with the ability to keep a secret. The first report that state Sen. Chris Hansen had been hired as CEO of the member-owned electric distribution cooperat...

DATE: Nov 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

We all depend on natural systems, one another to survive and thrive

As I read the local news, it makes me wonder about people who live here: What do you really know about this place that you now call home? Do you grasp that we are in an area of private land,...

DATE: Nov 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns