Columns

Editor’s Column: When should you speak up? Before you’re angry and before it’s too late

Sometimes it’s necessary to air a grievance or speak up to right a perceived wrong, but when and how we choose to make our complaints and concerns known is crucial to achieving the best outcome. If you thought there was a terrible problem with the mechanical components of an airplane[Read More…]

December 15, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Step away from the fake news

There’s a kerfuffle afoot about the prevalence of “fake news,” particularly in social media (which is where 62 percent of U.S. adults get their news nowadays). Unfortunately, as we’ve all been told all our lives, you can’t believe everything you read. You can’t even believe everything you see anymore, what[Read More…]

December 2, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: There’s a lot to be grateful for

First of all, kudos to the Meeker Cowboys football team. Saturday’s semi-final game was a nail-biter! Congratulations on your achievements this season and best of luck this weekend! — Last Thursday I was leaving the office when the power went out. Power outages are, in my opinion, never fun, particularly[Read More…]

November 24, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Stability

Stability can be defined in several ways: “The quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change; The quality or state of something that is not easily moved; or the quality or state of someone who is emotionally or mentally healthy.” The third is perhaps[Read More…]

October 31, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Squirrel!

We’ve got a squirrel (or two) living in the willow tree in our yard. Our upstairs window gives me a bird’s-eye view of squirrel world. Last week I watched Mr. or Mrs. Squirrel stuffing mouthfuls of willow leaves into his or her tree dwelling, insulating the nest, I assume. Like[Read More…]

October 23, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Collaboration

The word for the week is collaboration, which has come up in multiple (otherwise unrelated) conversations and meetings. What is collaboration? It’s what the county’s IT department accomplished in 2014 when they successfully negotiated the broadband project that will bring Rio Blanco County into the lead in regard to internet[Read More…]

October 14, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Perspective

This week is National Newspaper Week, highlighting the value and importance of local newspapers as repositories and dispensaries of information. It’s been a month since I’ve stepped into this role as editor and publisher and I’ve had several people ask me if I feel that social media has devalued the[Read More…]

October 10, 2016 by editor 1 comment

Editor’s Column: East Egg vs. West Egg thinking is detrimental to all of us

In the 16 years I’ve been at the paper there is one particular complaint from readers that never seems to be satisfactorily resolved: Meeker coverage vs. Rangely coverage. I heard a lot of that at Septemberfest this weekend.

September 8, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled