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A small-business owner in Fort Collins welcomes new employees at a pay rate just barely below our median household income, and yet those employees are moving to Wellington, Loveland and Berthoud. They are chasing value that doesn’t exist for them in Fort Collins. The average cost of a house in Fort Collins has increased by…

We were more than a little concerned last week to learn that the Community Committee for Education, or CC4E, has extended the timeline for presenting its recommendations for school facilities construction and upgrades to the Steamboat Springs School Board. It was also troubling to learn that CC4E member Chad Phillips – who also serves as…

One can hope that the Colorado Supreme Court turns down Citizens for Quiet Skies’ case against Mile-Hi Skydiving. That’s not because the skydiving planes aren’t noisy, and not because lead plaintiff Kimberly Gibbs doesn’t really represent a group of area residents who are disturbed by the drone of planes that make multiple, rapid ascents over…

During the city elections in 2015, we lamented a lack of diversity among candidates for mayor and City Council seats. The candidates, by and large, were of the majority demographic in age and ethnicity. Let us pause and be clear: Over the years, many of our elected officials have done commendable, tireless work in representing…

It is hard to live in another’s skin. To understand what it feels like when someone else projects his or her bias onto your life. We can’t imagine what people living in the United States illegally must feel as they enter a restaurant or walk down the street. Most of us who are reading this…

Pueblo County’s jailing of the homeless has nearly tripled since 2010, many of them for committing violent crimes. The increase – to 565 arrests, including 63 involving violence, in 2016, from 204, including 30 for violence, in 2010 – has grown apace since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. No, marijuana is not the only…

Midway through the 2016 presidential campaign, when it became clear Donald Trump would claim the Republican nomination, a rueful joke circulated among disbelievers: “Can we just admit that we may have taken this ‘Anybody can grow up to be president’ thing a bit too far?” The disbelievers have gone from laughter to shock. On Tuesday,…

It is hard to live in another’s skin. To understand what it feels like when someone else projects his or her bias onto your life. We can’t imagine what people living in the United States illegally must feel as they enter a restaurant or walk down the street. Most of us who are reading this…

We couldn’t agree more with President Donald Trump that “the time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides.” That’s well said and we applaud the willingness he expressed to reporters Tuesday before his address to Congress to provide some type of legal status for those living here illegally. According…