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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

Ten traits, one goal: a better community

Robert Fulghum gained fame and fortune from his book All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten. I find that to be an intriguing thought, and while it might be a bit of hyperbole, ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and a Road Less Traveled

Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July l...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods

June is Great Outdoors Month – a time when families across the country head outside to enjoy the rivers, mountains and open spaces that define the American West. In Colorado’s 3rd District, ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Medicaid cuts threaten everyone’s health care in Southwest Colorado

As leaders of rural hospitals, our organizations are lifelines for medical emergencies, medical homes for many and vital economic engines for our region. Proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The devil and pawn

The renowned French opera composer François-André Danican Philidor produced over 20 operas in the mid to late 18th century. He was also the world’s best chess player during this period. A ch...

DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Lake Nighthorse has plenty of new improvements

Try some ‘podcasting’ to catch some stocked trout

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

House reconciliation’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ contains some good, bad and ugly

On May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, otherwise known as the Budget Reconciliation Act, with a vote of 215 to 214 with 1 “present” vote. The heart of the...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A look back at the week June 2-8

The following is a recap of local events for this time period throughout history. 25 years ago (2000) A local teenager will head to the nation’s capital in September to discuss ways to preve...

DATE: May 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: This Week In Local History

Avoid the speech you’ll regret. Ask, listen, learn.

By the time you’re reading this, the Roman Catholic Church has had a new Pope for some weeks now. What a spectacle it was. The whole world seemed to watch with bated breath – whatever that m...

DATE: May 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox