If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~George Orwell We are wildly blessed to live in a place where 95% of the time we can share good news, report on happy stories and applaud awards achieved and[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter: Pharmacists are an important part of your care team
Dear Editor: This last week of October Pioneers Medical Center would like to celebrate our pharmacy team. Pharmacists and pharmacy technician are an important part of your care team, and provide your pharmaceutical care. PHARMACISTS HELP MAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS WORK Although medicine can make you well, it also can harm[Read More…]
Sophia’s Soapbox: New MHS programs started by honor society
MEEKER | The transition from eighth grade to freshman year is one of the hardest to make. Not only do classes and grades drastically change, so does the whole social atmosphere. To help accommodate with the big jump, Meeker High School’s National Honor Society (NHS), has created a program to[Read More…]
Letter: Lancaster family thanks Panthers
Dear Editor: The family of Nick Lancaster would like to thank the Panther football coaching staff; Paul Fortunato (or Pauly as Nick called him), Keenan LeBleu, Jeremy Lohry, Ryan Wilkie and Cameron Enterline and the entire 2019 Panther football team for honoring Nick by hosting the second Nick Lancaster Memorial[Read More…]
Letter: PMC celebrates Respiratory Care Week
Dear Editor: Pioneers Medical Center is excited to celebrate Respiratory Care Week. Pioneers would like to give a “shout out” to our respiratory team of Deb Merriam, RT and Chris Singer, RT. These two not only offer care during the week, they cover emergency calls. A respiratory therapist is a[Read More…]
{Editor’s Column} Cheap, fast and easy: not always healthy
Adapt or die. That’s the message print media is getting. Print is decried as “too expensive” and “you can’t track its metrics” as advertisers jump ship for social media. Social media—like fast food—is cheap, fast and easy. Also like fast food, it exacts a price on the backside you[Read More…]
Letter: Remembering Beirut
Dear Editor: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S military men were killed when their headquarters and barracks were bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. They gave everything they had and everything they would ever have. They had mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, daughters, sons. RIP. Salute, Wesley Eubanks Meeker
Letter: Forest Road access concerns
Dear Editor: Access to public lands is of vital interest to residents of Rio Blanco county. We have lost some of that access with little knowledge of that happening. Two examples are cited below. I met with Aaron Grimes of the White River National Forest recently to discuss my concerns. I discovered that the[Read More…]
OPED: Colorado journalism needs public support
RBC | There was a time, not so long ago, when the two of us were foes in a “newspaper war.” We thought that the winner would be in a position to thrive as the sole surviving major newspaper in the Denver metropolitan area. Were we ever wrong. John’s Rocky[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Decisions, decisions…
According to some sources, the average human in modern society makes approximately 35,000 decisions every day. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of decisions to make in a 24-hour time span. Granted, most of those decisions are pretty automatic. We decide to brush our teeth, but we[Read More…]
Guest Column: A climate update
RBC | Here are a few random observations of note: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released its report on Oceans and Cryosphere (IPCC 2019a.) (The cryosphere comprises regions of ice and snow, i.e. Arctic and Antarctic and high mountains.) This follows IPCC’s recent global climate forecast (IPCC[Read More…]
Letter: Huitt concerned about spending at Rangely hospital
Dear Editor: As many of you know I have been very concerned and outspoken about the mill levy increase that Rangely District Hospital is proposing. First I have said many times I am not complaining about the medical staff as I feel I have received good service from them and[Read More…]
