Opinion | The Herald Times - Part 7

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Editor’s Column: Common knowledge is not so common

A broad definition of “common knowledge” is information an average, educated person can accept as reliable and accurate without having to verify it. However, what we individually consider “common” is often completely unfamiliar to those outside our individual sphere of experience and understanding. In the workplace, for example, common knowledge[Read More…]

August 9, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: Legislative action on wildfire

By Dylan Roberts | State Senate District 8 Even after a winter with substantial snowfall and a spring and early summer full of considerable rain and cooler temperatures, we now enter August and the Fall with drier conditions and an increasing risk of wildfire. As of this writing, several fires[Read More…]

August 9, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Entitlement check

When I was in elementary school I contracted a case of “tick fever.” I was puny enough that the doctor was called, which didn’t happen often. The offending critter was found under my hair at the nape of my neck and urged to relocate with a hot match and a[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Loose Ends: Language lessons on repeat

“All het up”is a phrase one doesn’t hear too often these days. You might hear your friends and family have occasional exchanges, where old-fashioned expressions get tossed into the mix and teasing ensues. Casual conversations often come to a halt because young and old alike have stopped further conversation after[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Solar project debate: aesthetics versus the gestalt global climate change impacts

Dear Editor, Clearly, a solar power generation project of this scope [referring to the one proposed in Josephine Basin] is a valuable and forward-thinking concept that fits in well as a part of the pre-eminent carbon-neutral global initiative essential to drastically reduce the production of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. [Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Guest Column: Camp Good Grief: Healing for all

Grief is a very complex thing, especially for a child. In my own childhood, I experienced several losses and struggled immensely with processing them. This is not a unique experience – children lose loved ones every day. However, it is very difficult for a child to process such a devastating[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: The Grand Army of the Republic: Honoring the Civil War veterans

Before our V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and V.A. (Veterans Administration) and American Legion, there was an organization called G.A.R. which stands for Grand Army of the Republic. It was a fraternal organization made up of American Union soldiers and sailors who served in our Civil War. There had been[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 7

The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: Speak now, and impact 2024 legislation

When I was teaching at Steamboat Springs High School, one of the things that we covered in my social studies classes was the concept of a representative democracy. My students and I would discuss the importance of leaders reflecting the wants and needs of their constituents. A truly representative democracy[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: The problem that just won’t go away

When I read the Salt Lake Tribune editorial on July 2, my heart sank. A Utah man with severe mental illness had died in a poorly regulated care home, with a mere $8,000 fine levied against the managers. The editorial was fierce: “It doesn’t seem to matter how horrible the[Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Letters to the Editor: July 27, 2023

More from CD3 candidate Dear Editor, I am currently running unopposed for Colorado’s Congressional District 3 Republican nomination. My only credible opponent in the 2024 general election is Aspen-Adam Frisch, whose single platform plank when I announced my candidacy was to defeat Lauren Boebert. Since I plan to do just[Read More…]

July 26, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 6 Part 1

The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]

July 19, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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