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A rather large lawn ornament

MONTANA AND COLORADO As the Missoulian puts it, “There’s rotten cellphone service, there’s nonexistent cellphone service, and then there’s what’s happening just a few miles east o...

DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Heard Around the West

TEOTWAWKI? (The end of the world as we know it)

Obama lied – four Americans died; and many more were injured! Our consulate was denied protection by the Obama administration at a known dangerous post. A rescue force about to board transp...

DATE: May 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

All human-caused fires are preventable

The Montezuma County fire chiefs want to help you make it safely through another wildfire season. There is a lot of potential for devastating fire out there, but if we all do our part, wildf...

DATE: May 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The Theory of Relative Laziness

My working theory — you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works —is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anythi...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Cagle Cartoons

Meeting children’s mental health needs

When young children experience mental-health challenges, it impacts their educational and social development as well as the well being of the entire family. May 9, 2013, was National Childre...

DATE: May 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: MECC Cares for kids

One toke over the state line

Traveling in the clouds “Marijuana tourists” are expected to converge on Colorado and Washington, hoping to score without fear of handcuffs, because voters in those states legaliz...

DATE: May 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Heard Around the West

Joe’s Story, Conclusion

Larry sat with his hands clasped thinking about the times he spent with his father. Looking around the room, his two younger sisters and his younger brother were having a difficult time with...

DATE: May 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Veterans Forum

Not much to offer political centrists

As the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, the 2013 legislative session comes to a close. There will be a number of efforts seeking to sum up the work that we did and, depending on your pol...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Not much to offer political centrists

As the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, the 2013 legislative session comes to a close. There will be a number of efforts seeking to sum up the work that we did and, depending on your pol...

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

German Settlement 'just like Germany'

Many residents had known one another before settling southwest of Big Bend

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Attentiveness vs. distraction

Showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided concentration. How do you feel when you are trying to explain something to someone, and they pay little or no attenti...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Character Council

For public safety, regulation is necessary

All the facts are not yet known and investigators have not said with certainty what caused a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. But we have learned since the b...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Others Say

A rather large lawn ornament

TEOTWAWKI? (The end of the world as we know it)

All human-caused fires are preventable

The Theory of Relative Laziness

Meeting children’s mental health needs

One toke over the state line

Joe’s Story, Conclusion

Not much to offer political centrists

Not much to offer political centrists

German Settlement 'just like Germany'

Attentiveness vs. distraction

For public safety, regulation is necessary

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