We as a community seem to be at one of those points for a necessary discussion about the general idea of …
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The Lower Loop parking situation: Things have changed a lot. So…
Driving from the town’s Butte Avenue boundary to the end of Peanut Lake Road on Tuesday morning was peaceful. Heading out …
Read More »Weather, resignations and ski bums
Honestly, the weather switch that came in last weekend and brought winter that lasted well into the week was a little …
Read More »Fun and creativity
The stoke around town Monday was big as word spread that not only was Hartman Rocks opening earlier than expected for …
Read More »Touching on our history…
“They were a tough and courageous people who soon became synonymous with the rugged environment in which they lived. The hours …
Read More »Risk
Life is full of risks. Get in a car and you take a risk. The risk is higher on the autobahn …
Read More »Not much is cheap anymore…
So much anymore comes down to dollars and cents. The feds are pushing the county to help pay for improvements to …
Read More »As the courthouse crumbles…Learn from the past
And I thought I was having a bad day. Computer crashes, stories lost, tax questions, bills due. And then I hear …
Read More »Starting new talks…the right way
I remember having the chance to do an interview several years ago with former President Jimmy Carter, who used to regularly …
Read More »Turning over stones…
After years of being subject to the whims of politics, local school officials in the valley have tempered their expectations of …
Read More »Event equality …
There are a few obvious signs of busyness in the upper valley. When cars are lined up to park on the …
Read More »Accidents happen…
It was a period for accidents—and I got to write about them. Starting at the end of last week I felt …
Read More »Wow! Thanks for the good, the bad and even the ugly…
A diligent (and sometimes critical) reader sent me an email Monday evening just as I literally finished writing this piece. “So …
Read More »Take some of the edge off…
The members of the Board of Zoning and Architectural Review (BOZAR) want you to know that Caddis Flats is not yet …
Read More »Sending the band to Sochi
Like any good band, it takes more than one guy to make it a success. Mick Jagger’s solo albums are not …
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