Statements don’t mean much without perspective. US Energy, the company with the rights to the molybdenum under Mt. Emmons, is touting …
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A tale of two decisions…
Within 18 hours from 7 o’clock Monday night to noon Tuesday, I was struck with two major community decisions. One was …
Read More »Rhythms
Life is full of rhythm. Just look at what people in the eastern United States can expect this spring. Every 17 …
Read More »Guest Editorial: Preserving and Advancing Local Healthcare
One year ago, your Gunnison Valley Hospital Board of Trustees enacted a series of measures designed to prevent a financial collapse …
Read More »Was this winter good enough? Something to ponder this off-season
So the season has ended and winter has arrived with perhaps one of the best powder days of the year. What …
Read More »Decision to kill a murderer is still a bad decision
Let me start by saying that if I had allowed my kid to go to the midnight showing of a movie …
Read More »It’s only been a decade?
Happy anniversary. Ten years ago our country, your country, invaded another for no real reason. The president at the time, George …
Read More »March on…
I love March. Temperatures start to rise, snow can begin to fall and rumors of another impending sale of the ski …
Read More »It’s about riding the wave of energy
It hit me Monday morning about 8:45. I was in the middle of the biggest lift line of the year, waiting …
Read More »An apology, a compliment and an admonition
Last week’s “Overheard” certainly raised more than a few eyebrows and all of us at the News heard about it. Some …
Read More »Make it about the Adventure.
“What they’re saying is, that if it was better, it would be better…”“If nothing changes, then nothing changes.”“It just comes down …
Read More »Being nimble and bold is a good step
Some bold ideas that have a seed in the valley and helped move the place forward:—Ski Free, which was the most …
Read More »Changing perceptions…
Someone I respect sent me an email saying he thought I was a bit off last week in my characterization of …
Read More »Treat the illness not the symptoms…
So it appears one of the most obvious symptoms of one of the community’s biggest problems has been identified. No shortage …
Read More »Observations of the local TV news, weather and sports
The mine:I spent more than a few minutes this past week looking over the Plan of Operations (PoO) submitted to the …
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