Opinion: Despite joyous depictions, holidays can be emotionally difficult
0Is this the most wonderful time of the year? Even a joyous holiday season can cause stress, anxiety or even melancholy for many Americans. A poll...
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Opinion: Polis gets so much right about health care reform, but supporting RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade isn’t one of them
0Gov. Jared Polis digitally reached across the aisle last month by celebrating the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary by...
Opinion: Fear of forest fires fuels unnecessary and unhelpful logging on public lands
0Humanity’s earliest irrational fear of forests had to do with “evil spirits,” along with anxiety over mostly harmless wildlife. Soon it was fretting over bandits, outlaws,...
Opinion: U.S. State Department should be in Syria looking for journalist Austin Tice
0In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy have grieved at the absence of our writer,...
Opinion: These Western voices called for better and in some cases they won major victories for public lands, the environment and nature
0Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns this year. They were provided free...
Opinion: We are barely scraping by, give us a fighting chance in Colorado for fair wages and benefits
0Colorado workers are barely scraping by, fighting to make ends meet while corporate CEOs and investors rake in record profits. The system is rigged against us...
Opinion: Visiting a nursing home for the holidays? Here’s how to tell if your parents are safe.
0During college, the median age of my friends was about 88. I hung out with them nights and weekends for three years. Sure, I got paid...
Opinion: The West’s remaining fire lookout towers should be saved for future generations
0There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes...
Krista Kafer: I tried to keep Trump off the ballot, now, in a few weeks he will be president
0What are Trump’s prevarications and peccadillos compared to the prospect of real political progress? Why continue to dredge up January 6 so many years later? That’s...
Opinion: Ban flavored tobacco and nicotine products to protect our teens
0As parents, aunts, and uncles, we know the impacts of tobacco addiction on a personal level. We have watched as loved ones have struggled just to...