Recognized as a "climate saver" by the EPA and a "climate innovator" by Time magazine, Schendler’s work for the planet has ...

• Burt Baldwin – Regular contributor to this fine paper, published author and poet, longtime educator in the Ignacio School District as well as Fort Lewis College. He is a recipient of the Governor’s ...

To the next District 59 representative, good luck. Remember who you represent, laugh so you don’t cry, work on both sides of the aisle, take advantage of every opportunity, join every committee you ...

It’s essential to support leaders who demonstrate commitment, integrity and a genuine understanding of the needs and challenges facing our county. I am compelled to express my full support for ...

During my time working at Colorado Parks & Wildlife, the mission was to promote, protect, enhance and manage wildlife resources on behalf of citizens and future generations. We accomplished this using ...

A yes vote on Proposition 127 will protect bobcats, lynx and mountain lions from hunting and trapping in Colorado. It will allow the killing of these animals under certain circumstances, such as ...

To those who lament “the parties are the same” – what are you thinking? Compare their plans! First, read Project2025.org or Rep. Barbara McLachlan’s excellent summary of it published here (Oct. 3, ...

Dear Salt of the Earth, This is a classic issue of anything will kill you in quantity. Water, oxygen, sunlight. Country music, modern art, kittens. Too much time with your own parents. Too much nacho ...

Let’s try this out as a parable. Once, there was a dirt road. And this road, realistic as it was, was also entirely allegorical, lest my neighbors who live along it figure out I’m talking about them.

I attended the Planning Commission meeting regarding the proposed RV park at the south end of San Juan County. My husband and I are homeowners and taxpayers at Cascade Village and are opposed to this ...

Hidden beneath subalpine meadows in Colorado’s Flattop Mountains lies a subterranean wonderland, the true extent of which has yet to be realized. Of the area’s numerous caverns, Groaning Cave stands ...

I wish to assure the frazzled mountain biker quoted in the July 27 “Ear to the Ground” that my great-great grandfather, the honorable James Harvey Pinkerton, was not some kind of asshole. The intrepid ...