Author: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Editorial Board

A new report on Colorado education shows that administration is soaking up a disproportionate amount of new funding, while the proportion spent on instruction has actually decreased over the last decade. This is simply an unacceptable situation. Over the last 14 years, Colorado’s funding per student has increased by 47% while the average teacher salary…

The cancellation of thousands of dollars of individual student debt by the Biden administration has proven to be a divisive program, especially in a community like Grand Junction. We see this plan as being helpful to some students who are in real need, but also arbitrary in its application. It’s likely to cancel debt for…

As Colorado prepares to reintroduce wolves on the Western Slope, debate has emerged over whether hunting should eventually be allowed. To us the answer is clear: a successful reintroduction of gray wolves will eventually require population management, including hunting, of these animals. We aren’t advocating to allow hunting next year, or even in the next…

The story this week about a local aerospace company contributing to the mission to return humans to the moon has us excited about the future of our fledgling aerospace industry on the Western Slope. First off, Michael and Shannon Sneddon deserve so much credit for their work and vision in turning a company that had…

Building a small-scale nuclear power plant to replace Craig Station coal-fired plant after it closes in 2030 makes all the sense in the world. Both the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado and the Garfield County commissioners have now endorsed the idea and are pursuing federal funding to explore the concept. We wholeheartedly agree with this…

We all know that the natural beauty and landscapes that surround this valley are valuable. Many of us live here for access to those conserved natural spaces and many more visit here to recreate in those same areas. But can you put a number on that value? In the case of Colorado National Monument, at…

President Joe Biden has proposed a national “gas tax holiday” and four of the six Democrats in Colorado’s congressional delegation support the idea. We’re not sold. The average cost of a gallon of regular gas in Colorado was $4.88 as of last Thursday, according to AAA. The tax is roughly 18 cents per gallon of…

We’re ready to make a call in Colorado’s primary election and the clear winner is the open primary system. We’ve had open primaries for a few years here in Colorado, but it really shined in the 2022 primary election, primarily on the Republican side, where there were many more contested seats than on the Democratic…

It appears some Democratic groups are getting a little too cute in this month’s primary election, placing ads that seem to be boosting Republican candidates they view as easier opponents in the general election. Apparently some Democratically aligned political action committees are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on television ads that purport to oppose…