While federal fire mitigation efforts are being cut, LPEA has expanded ours. Using grid mapping and drones, they’ve launched proactive teams to create defensible spaces, increased tree trimming in ...

I’ve dedicated my career to mental health care in Colorado, from working on the front lines as a clinician to now operating a clinic that employs 10 skilled professionals. Throughout my career, I have ...

The EO provides for the cheap dumping of mine waste even where a valid mine doesn’t exist. For Trump, the concepts that the Earth is small, its resources limited and that the unregulated release of ...

The return of trails season to area BLM lands came a few weeks early this year. On Tues., April 15, the BLM, in coordination with CPW, announced it was lifting winter wildlife closures on trails on ...

Elon Musk bought his way into our government by spending $290 million on Trump’s reelection campaign. Musk’s businesses have received $38 billion in government contracts, loans and tax credits. Now, ...

Now for something from the shameless self-promotion department: our very own longtime columnist, poet and Montezuma County friend David Feela has published his fifth book. Titled “Feelasophy,” it is a ...

If you ask me, “scanners can’t handle paw prints” sounds like a way for some county clerk to pass the buck and shush annoying Coloradans. You just know there’s plenty of fourteener-summiting people ...

La Plata Electric Association offers rebates to members who buy electric vehicle (EV) chargers, and electric lawnmowers, snowblowers, bikes and similar expensive equipment. But is this fair for ...

Most Americans agree that our government could use a careful examination of operations for improving efficiencies and reducing costs, fraud and waste. But there should be careful oversight, with ...

As I read the news, I see no positives for Trump. Remember he is a convicted felon and has a photo of his mug shot in a frame near the Oval Office. How cute. He has many friends who are felons and ...