MEEKER | When my wife, Edel, a teacher, developed a cough after working with a woman who came to the elementary school slightly sick, we assumed it was just that, a cough. The word from New York Mayor DiBlasio to parents was still, “Come to school,” though many teachers seemed[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter: Vote for Root
Dear Editor: A 2020 candidate for U.S. Congress, I’ve lived in Durango 26 years. After driving 5,000 miles over this winter, through mountain pass blizzards, I’ve twice visited all 29 of our 3rd Congressional District counties; meeting, greeting and speaking. I appreciate the wonderful folks I’ve met on this trip;[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Your assignment? Stay home.
What we see and hear taking place in New York City seems surreal here. At the time of this writing, the novel coronavirus has yet to make an official appearance in RBC, although medical experts believe it’s already here. Human nature being what it is dictates that until the pain[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Git Along, Little Dogies
MEEKER | Each spring for a few weeks, advertisements in the newspaper suddenly appear to let everyone know an annual ritual has begun. It doesn’t happen until the ranchers are done with lambing and calving and a long procession of livestock moseys along the highway up into the high country.[Read More…]
Letter: COVID-19
Dear Editor: COVID 19 is currently in the US today To take its course and then go on its way. No one really knows how long this will be Before we’re back up and running and our kids will run free. One thing’s for sure for us all to see[Read More…]
Letter: Glenwood Canyon and Dick Prosence
Dear Editor: It was sad to hear of the passing of Dick Prosence; the outstanding engineer and leader of the construction of so many highways in our area, especially I-70 in Glenwood Canyon, one of the top 10 roads in all of America. I spent many good years associated with[Read More…]
Loose Ends: A small price to pay
MEEKER | More than 100 years ago, members of this community had their own version of staying-in-place. It was called homesteading and eventually ranching. Stories passed down from the families that settled here always include the bond they felt with the people who lived the closest to them. They may[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Tips for working from home
MEEKER | Many employees may suddenly find they are expected to work from home and based on more than 30 years of doing this, I offer some tips.
Guest Column: A depressed town fights back
RBC | For nearly half a century, coal powered the blast furnaces of the 1,410-megawatt Comanche Power Generating station in Pueblo, a city of 110,000 in southern Colorado. You can’t miss Comanche, the state’s largest coal-fired power plant; it dominates the flat landscape for 40 miles in each direction, just[Read More…]
Sophia’s Soapbox: A brief history of the alternative school
MEEKER | High School is already a confusing time for teens before you add in other factors. A lot of these factors lead to kids not knowing where to go and how to deal with their problems. School can end up making it worse in some cases, and when they[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Viruses don’t care, we have to
No, we don’t get to be excluded from a pandemic. As nice as it would be to have a free pass to avoid everything associated with the coronavirus situation, there is no such pass. We can feel sorry for ourselves that a stupid virus has upended our lives temporarily (permanently,[Read More…]
OPED: Let’s think positive–what CAN we do?
MEEKER | In this scary and frustrating period of coronavirus along with all the restrictions and advisories of what we can’t do, I believe there is still a place in our hearts and lives for what we CAN do. Without ignoring the wisdom of avoiding large groups, social distancing, and[Read More…]
