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Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: A ‘No Kings’ Primary Challenge Emerges in Colorado
Progressive candidates across the country are riding a wave of rage over Trump administration behavior…
LETTER: Stories Can Break — or Restore — Dignity
It is our duty not to amplify division, but to tell stories that affirm our shared humanity…
EDITORIAL: LPEA Report to BOCC Draws a Crowd, Part Two
“I don’t want this to be an easy process for LPEA to do this,” she stated…
BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Electric Association Continues to Lose Members
Wholesale provider for 44 members across four states in 2016 will be down to 35 by December 2027…
EDITORIAL: LPEA Report to BOCC Draws a Crowd, Part One
Two of the audience members who are among the 25 property owners who will be affected by the installation of the higher voltage power lines…
OPINION: Stop Blaming AI for Human Isolation
We have created a society where millions feel fundamentally alone — even in a crowd…
EDITORIAL: Thankful Giving
Is the program designed by Ms. Way and her children a possible path out of anxiety and depression for more than 1 billion people?
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part Four
Typically, government board ‘work sessions’ are an opportunity to discuss ideas freely without any intention to make definite policy decisions…
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part Three
What, really, are the total capital needs of the District, as of 2026? How big of a tax increase is it feasible to ask for?
BIG PIVOTS: Yes, We Need Coal, But…
A few years ago, Colorado was triumphantly easing out of coal generation in orderly fashion…
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part Two
During 2024, the Archuleta School District staff hosted several community presentations, purportedly to ‘take the community’s temperature’…
OPINION: This Colorado City Showing the Exit Route from MAGA Dystopia
On Monday, the new Council members were sworn in, and the body immediately began to “undo harm caused by the previous council…”
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part One
The SUN editor added a clarifying note, assuring readers that a “new high school” is not currently being discussed…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: How an Education Department Decision Could Spike Health Care Bills
We face a terrible nursing shortage nationwide already, even before these crippling caps on borrowing take effect…
OPINION: Why We Need a Borderlands Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Families from Pagosa Springs to the Pueblos and throughout the U.S. have already shown what love and resilience look like…
OPINION: Steps We Must Take to Save Our Democracy
Trump has chosen the path of disastrous authoritarianism…
EDITORIAL: The Price of Eggs… and Electricity
When I did a bit of research into “rising electricity rates”, I came across basically three explanations for price increases that generally exceed inflation rates…
EDITORIAL: Sewer Fees, as a Potential Slap in the Face, Part Three
Very few of the elected leaders who sit on our local governing boards have experience in governing multi-million-dollar organizations…