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Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor - Aledo ISD students, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Dallas Districts 13 and 14, Afghanistan Readers are upset about the racism incident in the Aledo ISD, question Dan Patrick’s leadership, talk about the candidates in Dallas Districts 13 and 14 and say we needed an exit strategy for Afghanistan. Parents and supporters gathered in the Aledo ISD school board chamber to voice their concerns about a racist Snapchat group with multiple names, including “Slav...

Article content An investigation into the theft of four calves from a southern Alberta property resulted in RCMP recovering the stolen cattle, seizing a bag of crystal meth and an unauthorized weapon, and laying multiple charges against two men. Four calves were taken from a farm near Caroline in early April and, after some investigation, Southern Alberta RCMP’s crime reduction unit partnered with the RCMP’s livestock section and Rocky Mountain House officers to execute a search warrant on ...

Our recommendations in all May 1 elections We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race. Your friends at The Dallas Morning News editorial board have provided for you a way to research candidates in May 1 election races that matter to you. Read our Voter Guide at voterguide.dallasnews.com.(Eric Gay / The Associated Press) District 6: Michael Wood (R) Michael Wood, 34, set himself apart in a huge field of 23 candidates that will likely result in a runoff to fi...

Five compete to replace Jennifer Staubach Gates on the Dallas City Council Da’On Boulanger-Chatman, Leland Burk, Ryan Moore, Mac Smith and Gay Donnell Willis are vying for the District 13 spot. Traffic on Dallas North Tollway under Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas on Saturday, February 13, 2021. (Lola Gomez / The Dallas Morning News)(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer) The Dallas City Council elections are May 1; early voting starts Monday. All 14 council seats are contested, and three will see new fa...

Every seat contested Feb 26, 2021 | Leland R. Burke, left, in District 13 and Jonas Park, right, in District 2 are the only two openly LGBTQ challengers running for Dallas City Council. Openly gay Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano, District 2 cannot run again due to term limits. Openly gay incumbents Chad West in District 1 and Omar Narvaez in District 6 are running for re-election. At least two new gay candidates seek to join two gay incumbents on the Dallas City Council DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff ...

5:48 Morning Edition host Eleanor Bennett talks with recently retired Aspen Highlands Patrol Director, Mac Smith, about his memories of growing up on the mountain and running the ski patrol for four decades. Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol Director Mac Smith passed the baton on Jan. 31 after 42 seasons on the job. Though, he will remain on the patrol during the winters and help as needed throughout the next several years.  He first stepped foot on Highlands when he was only 8-years-old, and got his...

Anna Stonehouse/Aspen Times file photo Sunday was a day that was inevitable but still hard to fathom when Mac Smith stepped down as Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol director in his 42nd season in the post. Smith, 68, will remain on the ski patrol for the foreseeable future during winters and work on special projects during summers. He said Monday he is “half-retiring.” “Elvis hasn’t left the building. He’s just gone to a different room,” Smith said with his signature sense of humor. Lori ...

Mac Smith is retiring as Aspen Highlands patrol director after 42 seasons. Every day for the last 42 years, I have saddled up and rode into responsibility. The time has come to step down and pass the yoke. The Highlands Patrol is strong, competent and can take the weight. It’s been a helluva ride on a myriad of horses; many gentle and kind, some fast witted and snappy, some with only one speed … a dead run, a few rank and bucking. I am proud to see what the Highlands Patrol now stands for a...

While the backcountry has a dangerous snowpack that inexperienced skiers best approach with extreme caution, in-bounds terrain at the four area mountains of Aspen Snowmass is controlled and safe — when users uphold their end of the safety bargain. “It is very important for the public to understand that when we have runs closed, there is a good reason,” Aspen Skiing Co. vice president of communications Jeff Hanle said Monday.  Looking up from the top of Little Nell run to Silve...

In the past nine days, 84 human-triggered avalanches were reported and more than 200 natural avalanches in just the central mountains of Colorado. Researchers in the field investigating Friday’s slide in the Anthracite Range, a popular backcountry skiing area off Kebler Pass west of Crested Butte, captured this telltale image of the dangerously weak snowpack pervasive across Colorado’s mountains right now. On Saturday, two backcountry skiers were “caught, buried, and killed in an...