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T’áá hwó’ ají t’éego: It is up to you

Am I a victim or a survivor? I am both. I’ve been the victim of abuse (sexual, physical and emotional) and survived unimaginable traumas. I tried to keep it secret because telling people ab...

DATE: May 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Writers on the Range: Pumping up fear on the Colorado River

Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit his fiancé and found the family trembling and weeping. They pointed to the ceiling, where an axe w...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Decline to sign animal cruelty ballot initiative

Don’t sign animal cruelty ballot initiative

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Country baseball teams in Southwest Colorado in 1930-1950

Communities: Beulah, Lewis, Yellow Jacket, Goodman Point, Blue Door, Cahone, Rico, Cortez, Pleasant View and Old Ackmen. During the summer and fall, the games were played on Sunday. Each ar...

DATE: Apr 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Jeff Kass: Columbine reporter connects the dots between mass shootings

I was one of the first reporters on scene at the Columbine shootings on April 20, 1999. And I covered it continuously, as a local newspaper reporter and eventually as a book author, for 10 y...

DATE: Apr 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Jack Turner: Both political parties practice voter suppression

There is great media focus on the Republican-dominated legislatures determined to unfairly reduce, restrict or eliminate likely Democratic Party voters – just look at the Major League Baseba...

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tale of a transferred transfer station: Talking trash in San Juan County, Utah

Talking trash in San Juan County, Utah

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Benjamin Bellorado: Bears Ears murals, rock art, textiles deserve protection

For decades, the iconic archaeological sites of the stunning canyon country of Bears Ears in southeastern Utah have captivated the imaginations of visitors from around the world. While hiki...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A mosaic, not a melting pot: La Plata County and immigrants

Some bumper stickers read: “Colorado native.” Others offer: “Not native, but I got here as fast as I could.” We are a state of immigrants. Immigrants built the roads and bridges, ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Leopold Grasse’s Boot and Harness Shop in Cortez

Leopold Carl Gottfried Grasse (pronounced “Grassy”) and his wife, Augusta (nee Shoneboom) Grasse, came to Cortez about 1909. Both descended from German immigrants and spoke German as well as...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Stop eating these foods to protect the trillions of tiny soldiers fighting for your health

“My what?” you may be asking. The microbiome is the vast collection of trillions of bacteria in your digestive system that work together to maintain health. Your microbiome begins...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Michael Fields: 10 ideas for a GOP “Contract with Colorado”

A week after this last election, I wrote a column saying that Republicans need to develop a “Contract with Colorado” based on conservative policy proposals that 55% or more of voters support...

DATE: Mar 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns