Take a second to breathe in these days. The blue, the gold, the perfect temperatures are money. Hold that breath for …
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Hunter, angler dollars go far for wildlife conservation
Hunting and fishing are not merely pastimes enjoyed by Colorado sportsmen and sportswomen. Abundant wildlife is as much a part of …
Read More »If you want something, now is the time to ask
Local government and politics is a 24/7 deal. A councilperson might be having a quiet drink at the bar and someone …
Read More »Local W. National L.
I had planned to write a piece on how if one steps back and objectively analyzes the results, Osama bin Laden …
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It is a three-day Labor Day Weekend. In a tourist town, that means many of us will be working at some …
Read More »Don’t forget this model
There wasn’t an Oh Sh*t moment to be found last Tuesday as the best bike racers in the world rode up …
Read More »Here we go…
Anything new… a first… is exciting. The first day of school. Your first job. A first date. You never know what …
Read More »What are we missing?
So, I am watching the TV news earlier this week and at the end of the story about 30 soldiers dying …
Read More »It’s busy out there and good people are making it happen
Everyone’s gut says summer is going off. The numbers aren’t all tabulated but the streets don’t lie. It’s busy. People are …
Read More »Keep Local Control
Fracking is a weird word. It sounds like what it is. Drillers dig into a rock layer and using high pressure, …
Read More »Finding an understanding
As is the case most weeks, what I write on page 2 is not addressed to just the general readers but …
Read More »Don’t screw up the gift of the Lupine Trail
Basic standards of politeness say that when given a gift, you don’t start pawing for more and taking whatever else the …
Read More »Council recycling excuses
So I’m sitting in a Crested Butte Town Council meeting with the July 5 hangover… figuratively more than literally… and the …
Read More »Life is…sometimes fortunate
At 9,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains in July, life is good. Blue skies, highs in the 70s, the rainbow of …
Read More »And on the national scene…
From the Associated Press—”Texas is now the first state with a law requiring drillers to publicly disclose the chemicals they use …
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