Writers on the Range
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- The price of 'progress'
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Boosting coal at the expense of renewables a major step backwards
- By Jonathan Thompson
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- Digging a hole
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‘Energy dominance’ policies hurt public lands, leave us holding the bag
- By Barbara Vasquez / Writers on the Range
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- A slippery slope
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As e-bikes overtake analog bikes, where is the stopping point?
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff
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- Bursting bubbles
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Americans face a test of community and citizenship
- By Stephen Trimble
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- Revisionist history
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Trump is attempting to erase America’s dark past, one park at a time
- By Ernie Atencio / Writers on the Range
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- Owl-on-owl smackdown
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The ethical and ecological dilemma of killing one species to save another
- By Mitch Friedman
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- A punch in the gut
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Latest federal cuts drop protections for those who protect us
- By Riva Duncan / Writers on the Range
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- Radically wrong
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Trump’s latest energy policy goes against majority of Westerners’ wishes
- By Barbara Vasquez / Writers on the Range
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- Gasoholics
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For waste and inefficiency, you can’t beat corn ethanol
- By Ted Williams / Writers on the Range
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- Ripple effect
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Trade war uncertainty continues to plague farmers, businesses
- By by Crista V. Worthy
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- Stopping the steal
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Think public lands will never be sold? Think again ...
- By Tracy Stone-Manning
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- A fool's errand
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Answer to extinction is not high-tech “franken-animals” but better protections
- By Pepper Trail / Writers on the Range
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- Eroding the rule of law
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Increasingly more militaristic ICE disregards basic human rights
- By Benjamin James Waddell
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- Net gains
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Net metering, solar battery storage win-win for offsetting costs, unplanned outages
- By Andrew Carpenter
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- People, get ready
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La Plata County hosts Emergency Preparedness Week to get residents wildfire-ready
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Digging in
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When environmental reality weighs us down, action is the antidote
- By Richard Knight / Writers on the Range
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- Crying wolf
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When it comes to elk and CWD, wolves are our allies, not enemies
- By Ted Williams / Writers on the Range
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- How the West was lost
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Despite anti-fed sentiment, rural areas depend on government presence
- By Stephen Trimble / Writers on the Range
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- At the precipice
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Alarming signs of climate change everywhere in New Mexico
- By Laura Paskus / Writers on the Range
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- The blame game
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Mountain lions deserve protections, not scapegoating
- By Wendy Keefover / Writers on the Range
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- 01/22/2026
- Open concept
- By Missy Votel
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Local works with restaurants to bring European communal tables to Durango
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- 01/22/2026
- A pause on paws
- By Sam Brasch / Colorado Public radio
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Colorado won’t release wolves this winter after failing to find new source population
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- 01/15/2026
- Layers of history
- By Missy Votel
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‘Constellations of Place’ honors 150 years of statehood, as well as peoples who came long before
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- 01/15/2026
- A hiccup for coal
- By Allen Best / Big Pivots
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Trump’s latest effort to keep coal alive clumsy at best
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- Eyes on the snow
- 01/22/2026
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This winter, we’ve all had our eyes on the snow– or lack thereof – but the folks at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center are looking for a few more. The Friends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (FoCAIC) – the outreach, education, events and fundraising arm of the CAIC – recently launched its annual “Observations Challenge” for the 2025-26 season
- Whole lotta nothin'
- 01/15/2026
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Put your picket signs away: Durango is safe from Whole Foods, at least for now. According to a news release from the City of Durango on Monday, the owners of the Durango Mall and the Kensington Development Group have dissolved an agreement that would have brought a “national organic grocery store” and up to 270 rental apartments to the 20-acre mall property.
- Winter of discontent
- 01/08/2026
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As the stalemate drags on in Telluride over what is considered fair wages for the resort’s patrollers, local leaders say the strike and subsequent closure of Telluride Ski Resort is already exacting significant damage on the town’s economy.
- Losses and Gaines
- 12/18/2025
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Aspen has some more celebs to add to its roster. Chip and Joanna Gaines, of HGTV “Fixer Upper” fame, recently bought a property on the outskirts of town with the intent to not just make a “dream vacation home” for their family of seven but, of course, to document the transformation. The three-episode “Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House” debuted Dec. 9, and hijinks immediately ensued for the Waco, Texas, couple, including a run-in with a bear.