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We’ve all seen those 90-day workout programs, 30-day squat challenges, even the “Abs in 20 days” apps on our phones. Although these will likel…
Teller County senior citizens would be forced into alternative living situations, like nursing homes, if Teller Senior Coalition (“TSC”) were …
Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit his fiancé and found the family trembling and weep…
Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021
If there was ever a time for the Academy Awards to reassert their place at the epicenter of global pop culture, it was this year.
How does the saying go? April showers bring May flowers? Well … maybe not at 9,000 feet!
My dog demands walks twice a day, and I oblige. They’re good for me and good for her, too.
I have written a few columns about hermits over the years, but never thought we would all be living like them. Indeed, I have an interesting h…
Letters to the Editor — April 28, 2021
Colorado’s elections are a bipartisan success story, so when Major League baseball responded to Georgia’s new voting restrictions by moving th…
I had to stop myself from buying pansies this week. I badly want to add some spring color to my fairly brown yard, but I know quite well it’s …
If you’re like me, you’ve been reading the news about intensifying drought across Colorado and you are worried.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, once was sustained by the waters of the Santa Fe River, which begins in the high country of the Sangre de Cristo Mountai…
Letters to the Editor — April 21, 2021
Three weeks ago, your Teller County Board of County Commissioners, along with commissioners around the state, asked the State Department of He…
Teller County is not exactly overflowing with water, but we do have a fair amount of lakes, ponds and rivers that attract some waterfowl.
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The woman asked to speak with her mother, who appeared wearing a polka dot dress. She had gray, puffy-style hair and was hugging a medium sized dog.
In a joint statement released late last week, the Teller County and Woodland Park leadership announced that the annual Salute to Veterans Rall…
Letters to the Editor — April 14, 2021
On April 27, my mom will celebrate her 90th birthday — truly a major milestone that deserves recognition and reverence.
Sometimes you hear a crack or a roar. More often the first sign is snow shifting around your feet. The snow starts in a slab and then breaks i…
Late in the evening on Feb. 2, I received one of those calls every wildlife officer dreads. And this one turned out to be even worse than all …
I got my first COVID vaccination last week and it made me feel hopeful, relieved ... and a little giddy.
Southwestern Colorado is used to spending winters partially isolated from the rest of Colorado, thanks to treacherous mountain passes that hem…
