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RAISING ELLE | The Storm Before the Calm
Nov 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Does the presence of parents make sibling rivalry turn vicious?
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE | One Region, Two Worldviews
by Seth Cagin
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Here are some really safe election predictions. Barack Obama will handily win San Miguel County. Mitt Romney will take Montrose by a landslide. Ouray County will be split.
SPORTS WATCH | Kudos to the Giants, but Let’s not Take it too Far
by Gus Jarvis
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
For the record books, the Giants’ run to the World Series was historic. For me, the World Series was a drag.
SPORTS WATCH | On Doping, Whistleblowers and False Redemption
by Gus Jarvis
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The turncoats in the USPS doping mess should be called out as well.
GUEST COMMENTARY | ‘Please Don’t Play Political Games With the Health and Economy of This County’
by Skip Edwards, Advocacy Coalition of Telluride
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Our governments’ recent unanimous decision to approve a settlement agreement regarding a pending application the Pinion Ridge Uranium Processing Mill came as quite a surprise.
EDITORIAL SLANT | How a Newspaper's Mistake Can Hurt a Candidate
by Marta Tarbell
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Dirty pool: Because there really is no space to Art's left, which is to say to his environmentalist side, for his opponents to occupy, they cobble together lies about him.
GUEST COMMENTARY | Padgett (and Albritton) Deserve Better Than This
by Ben Tisdel, Former Member of the Republican Central Committee, Ouray
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
'If all of the BOCC work over the last four years was actually bad for the local economy, why then are there two new major mining investments going on?'
DISPATCHES | Why Waste the Ink?
by Rob Schultheis
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Schultheis asks, “Is it really ‘patriotic’ to contribute less to your country?”
SPORTS WATCH | John Fox’s Halftime Speech Must Have Been Special
by Gus Jarvis
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Broncos have all the pieces to the puzzle in place to be a successful team; the question John Fox must figure out is how to prepare and motivate this team week in and week out.
RAISING ELLE | Universal Health Care Is a Basic Human Right
by Martinique Davis
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The final price tag for saving our daughter’s life, around $120,000, is well more than we make in a year. Martinique Davis on why universal health care is a basic human right.
SPORTS WATCH | Lane Kiffin Is a Nightmare of a Coach at USC
by Gus Jarvis
Oct 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Not only has Lane Kiffin been ineffective as a play-caller at USC – he’s a media nightmare.

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