Author: Jerry Herman

Fort Collins police, officials and residents are in the midst of making sense of a terrible tragedy. A Fort Collins resident and young mother, Heather “Helena” Hoffman, was found dead in Sheldon Lake in City Park. Police believe she was killed and sexually assaulted by a self-described transient man who in May registered as a sex offender…

If teachers and other educators are allowed to have guns in schools, we certainly would prefer they are trained. In that context, we support Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams, who hosted 17 school administrators and teachers in a course designed to teach armed teachers and school administrators how to handle a school shooter. The FASTER course,…

We have a complex relationship with our neighboring black bears. We love to see them, whether it is a solo male spotted near a trail at Junction Creek, or a mother with cubs under an apple tree at the edge of town. There’s a certain cachet in Colorado to sighting or being visited by a…

The Trump administration has taken formal steps to repeal an Obama-era “Waters of the United States” rule that threatened to unleash gross overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency. President Donald Trump and like-minded critics of the rule saw the former regime’s “waters of the U.S.” as an attempt to subject farmers and legitimate business interests…

Plans to locate a business park in a portion of Las Colonias Park and offer incentives to a local company to act as the anchor tenant have stalled, mostly over terms of a potential lease. The Grand Junction City Council was prepared Wednesday to vote on terms of the incentive package for Bonsai Design, but…