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One of the biggest stories of the year has been the rise in inflation, which has caused wide-spread economic pain. Outside gas prices, food is maybe the most visible place we see those increased costs. This is why we see Sen. Michael Bennet’s Affordable and Secure Food Act is an important piece of legislation that…

We’re finally getting details about the plan to reintroduce wolves to Colorado. While there are some areas of concern, for the most part what Colorado Parks and Wildlife is proposing is cautious, and therefore reasonable. The draft state plan proposes releasing about 30 to 50 wolves in Colorado over three to five years, with the…

If you are anything like us, you assumed that the Mesa County Health Department spent the COVID years consumed with everything COVID-related. So perhaps you had to pick yourself off the floor, as we did, upon learning that our health department had built out an entire early childhood education support system when COVID seemed to…

In a free-market system, competition is key in keeping prices low. If a business provides its customers with the same goods as a competitor, but at higher prices, those customers will go to the competitor. That is, unless you get rid of the competition. We are seeing this play out this week in the grocery…

The state of Colorado, along with conservation groups and other government agencies, has recently focused on improving habitat connectivity for animals, fish and plants. The Bureau of Land Management is the latest agency to announce policy aimed at protecting these connections. We think this will not just benefit wildlife, but the people who enjoy these…

While Democrats hold the majority in the Colorado legislature as a party, women have also overtaken men as the majority gender among our legislators for the first time ever. As things stand now, 51 of the 100 state legislators will be women, 12 in the Colorado Senate and 39 in the House, according to reporting…

Coloradans voted by a wide margin to send Democratic Gov. Jared Polis back for a second term in Denver. This should give him the confidence to show his independence and rein in some of the worst impulses of the state legislature, which remains in his party’s hands. In the debate between Polis and his Republican…

Colorado’s initiative process strikes again. It appears that voters, by a slim margin, have approved Proposition 122, which legalizes the use of psilocybin mushrooms. This should never have gone to the voters. As we said in our editorial prior to the election, we are not against the use of psilocybin mushrooms for medical purposes, if…

The general manager of the West Slope’s Colorado River District is calling out California for its meager water conservation plan, and he is right on. Andy Mueller made his comments in a memo to his district’s board of directors and during the board’s meeting earlier this month, according to reporting by The Daily Sentinel’s Dennis…

Having the candidates for governor and senator here in Grand Junction this week debating issues of vital importance to the Western Slope was a real privilege for voters on this side of the state. We greatly appreciate Jared Polis, Heidi Ganahl, Michael Bennet and Joe O’Dea for taking the time to travel to this side…