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Guest Editorial: Ruling on wild horse fence to affect future

RBC I On April 21, The Cloud Foundation (TCF), Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) and noted equine photographer Carol Walker, director of field documentation for Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF), filed an appeal in District of Columbia Circuit Court to U.S. District Court’s November 2013 dismissal of a lawsuit against[Read More…]

May 20, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Editorial: Minimum wage a living wage?

RBC I EDITOR’S NOTE: The Herald Times neither renounces nor endorses this opinion piece. It is offered to our readers as a thought-provoking article.

April 5, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM eyes grassroots effort to close off Western Colorado to drilling

COLORADO I Mark Waltermire squints in the winter sunlight, craning his neck to take in the view from his vegetable farm in Hotchkiss, Colo. He jabs his finger toward a mesa: “There,” he says. “And up in there.”

March 5, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Broadband important to rural Colorado

RBC I The 260 residents of Ten Sleep, Wyo., drive at least 26 miles to buy groceries and 112 to catch a plane. Local businesses include the Crazy Woman Café and Dirty Sally’s, a soda fountain and souvenir shop. You wouldn’t expect an Internet entrepreneur to launch a startup here.

February 22, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

A REVIEW: ‘Evolution of the National Parks;’ Dinosaur could be a lake

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a review of author Robert Keiter’s book “To Conserve Unimpaired: Evolution of a National Park Idea.” It takes a wide look at the National Park Service’s beginnings and the changes in the mindset within the organization from its inception to the present day. For example, if[Read More…]

February 18, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Russian energy dominance over

RBC I Russian President Vladmir Putin has won some begrudging admiration for his strategic triumph during the Syria crisis. Let him have his moment. It won’t last long. A new development threatens to rob Putin of a significant part of his international heft. That development, of course, is America’s energy[Read More…]

February 12, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Local non-profit group came through when needed

EDITOR’S NOTE — Other than to wish the best to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, I didn’t have a whole lot to add with a column while our Rangely correspondent, Heather Zadra, had a much more important message to get out to many parents in Rio Blanco County who may[Read More…]

January 31, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Limiting liquid natural gas exports benefits no one

RBC I On his recent trip to Warsaw, Secretary of State John Kerry heard arguments for expanding U.S. natural gas exports to Poland. Polish officials made the case that letting liquefied natural gas (LNG) flow from the United States to Poland would benefit European economies as well as the environment.

December 31, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Sen. Udall: Every drop of Colorado River water counts

RBC I Water has literally shaped the West. It carved Colorado from red rock and shaped landmarks from the Rocky Mountains to the Grand Canyon to the Gulf of California.

November 15, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

An important date: Let’s never forget annual Veteran’s Day

RBC I The day that World War II ended, Nov. 11 — has been a sacred day on the calendar for 95 years. It was eight more years, 1926, before Congress officially dubbed Nov. 11 as Armistice Day.

November 10, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Community Center Task Force responds to column from Herald Times editor

MEEKER I The Meeker Community Center Task Force (MCCTF) thanks editor Sean McMahon for publishing the specific MCCTF petition for initiative ballot questions that were submitted to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) initially on July 26 and in final format on Sept. 4, requesting inclusion on the Nov. 4[Read More…]

October 29, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Colorado hunters, fisherman our greatest conservationists

RBC I Hunters and anglers are America’s greatest wildlife conservationists. Really? While it seems contradictory that people who claim to love animals would shoot and eat them and that killing something could actually save it, there are very compelling reasons that prove this statement true.

October 23, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled