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It’s been a while since we’ve had the pleasure of writing an editorial like this. For the first time in a long time, contract negotiations between Greeley-Evans School District 6 and the district’s teachers union are off to a flying start. In fact, by the time the first negotiating session between the two parties finished…

The residents of Fort Collins City Council District 3 will be represented ably by either Gordon Coombes or Ken Summers. The area, which stretches from Front Range Village on the north to Fossil Creek Reservoir on the south, and from Interstate 25 to College Avenue, is miles from Fort Collins’ Old Town epicenter. With its…

In 1981, Janet Cooke of the Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s top honor, with her account of the life of an 8-year-old heroin addict. The problem was, her story was made up. When city officials read the story, they could not find any evidence that the boy existed, and Cooke had to admit…

It is time to rethink parole. Prisons are stuffed beyond capacity and efforts at reform have had minimal impact and have failed to provide any meaningful dividends. The mantra of many parole boards is that parole is a privilege not a right. There are many legitimate reasons to deny that privilege – ongoing and persistent…

It was a pleasure to hear from Kim Frederick-Law and her story about the Affordable Care Act and how it helped her pay for her and her son’s health care. Yes, it was a political event on Facebook Live designed to put second thoughts in the heads of those who want to repeal the act.…

Pueblo City Schools (D60), already facing budget issues, is confronted by another vexing problem in the form of a new unfunded mandate from the state. The problem involves expansive new Colorado Department of Education transportation regulations that potentially could cost the district nearly $250,000. Director of Facilities Bob Lawson briefed the school board on the new…

Pueblo and Southern Colorado wrestlers put on an incredible show for 10,000 people at Denver’s Pepsi Center this past weekend. The headline act featured Pueblo County High School senior Hunter Willits, who became only the 20th wrestler in history to win four state championships. And the 152-pounder did it in style with a 13-0 major…

Our hearts go out to Sultan Ahmad, who came to Greeley in 2015 because his country was no longer a safe place to live. He had to leave his wife and three kids behind in Myanmar. He also had a comfortable life. It’s the kind of life you or many others in Greeley enjoy. Now…

It is an article of faith that Democrats in the Colorado Capitol care nothing for the state’s farmers and ranchers, and the big-city liberals on the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee have proven that yet again. That committee voted last week, strictly along party lines, to reject yet another attempt to remove the…

With so many distressing things happening in the White House and Congress as an impetuous President Donald Trump and a giddy Republican Party take complete control of the country, Trump’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t an issue.Trump has nominated Colorado appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch for the high court’s long-vacant ninth seat, and…