Gerloff family thanks Dear Editor:The Delton Gerloff family would like to say a big thank you to Dr. Travis Anderson, PA Starla Pelloni and all the nursing staff at Pioneers Medical Center for taking such good care of our beloved guy (Opa).Thanks going out to everyone who brought meals and[Read More…]
Tag: Letters To The Editor
Letter: Thank you
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: MARCH 31, 2022
Tax update from county assessor Dear Editor: Dear residents of Rio Blanco County: tax notices have been sent from the county treasurer and most of you saw a change in your tax amounts from the prior year. There are many reasons for these changes, for instance 2021 was a reappraisal[Read More…]
Letter: State statement on mental health services
Dear Editor: Ensuring Coloradans have real access to mental and behavioral health care services has been a commitment for the Polis-Primavera administration since day one. Even before the pandemic increased the need for behavioral health services into a crisis, we recognized the need to make significant changes to our behavioral[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Thank yous
Thank you Dear Editor:I would to take this time and thank the Ranger, the deputy sheriffs, ambulance crew, Laura Smith and her helper, and family and friends for just being there. Also for all the flowers, food, cards and calls that I have received during a very difficult time. Wanda[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 30, 2021
Voter integrity Dear Editor: In the Herald Times article, “Your Constitutional Rights as a Voter: Special to the Herald Times” (Sept. 17, 2021), the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office inferred that the voter verification survey being taken throughout Rio Blanco County (RBC) violates registered voters’ rights: in fact, the survey[Read More…]
Letter: Needless risk
Dear Editor: In the last two or three weeks both Governor Polis and now President Biden have required that all healthcare workers be vaccinated. ALL HEALTHCARE workers. Yet Quorum, the managers of our hospital, appear to continue to grant waivers to the few D.O.s and nurses that refuse in fear[Read More…]
Letter: Successful Wool Growers BBQ
Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco County Wool Growers had yet another successful lamb kabob barbecue at the RBC Fair this year. The barbecue proceeds go to our Supreme Sheep and Goat Awards that we give to our 4-H and FFA youth. Every meal purchased gives us that much more to[Read More…]
Letter: Vaccine is a miracle
Dear Editor: Some readers may recall the relief that flooded the nation when Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine finally opened to the American public in 1955. At the time, polio cases were infecting tens of thousands of children per year, leaving many disabled or dead. Since release of the vaccine, mass[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: June 10, 2021
Public lands group protesting Buffalo Horn land exchange Dear Editor: We are writing to follow up on a recent land exchange proposal in your community. Public lands in the Strawberry Creek area that are being used by adjacent land owners, outfitters with hunting permits, and other recreationists, are slated to[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: May 27, 2021
Compelled to respond Dear Editor: I have read through Boots Campbell’s May 13, 2021 letter to the editor several times and have come to the same conclusion every time. It is clear Ms. Campbell is having difficulties accepting the hearing officer’s ruling in the Moyer recall case. She referenced four[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: You’re entitled to your opinion; we’re not obliged to publish it
The opinion section, particularly letters to the editor, presents a bit of a conundrum. I frequently receive emails from folks who have an inordinate amount of time on their hands to write letters to newspaper editors and blast them nationwide. These range from religious calls for national repentance to promoting[Read More…]
