Author: The Daily Sentinel Editorial Board

The latest example — an outpouring of support for a local nonprofit after thieves stole a trailer loaded with kids bikes — provides important perspective on Tuesday’s election. Our ability to come together to solve local problems or lend a helping hand will always have a bigger bearing on our day-to-day lives than whomever occupies…

In the run up to the election, Steve ErkenBrack has authored a series of essays that collectively ask, “What is it that makes America great?” …read full editorial here.

Mesa County residents would do well to ask which they prefer: personal freedom or economic freedom. …read full editorial here.

There’s one puzzling aspect to Proposition EE, but overall the measure accomplishes good things for Colorado and we’re encouraging voters to approve it and get the ball rolling on universal preschool for our state’s children. Proposition EE would increase taxes on nicotine products to pay for preschool programs and, in the short-term, provide resources to…

The gambling industry in Colorado was originally envisioned as a quaint low-stakes endeavor that would provide some diversion to visitors to historic mining town that needed a way to attract commerce. …read full editorial here.

In 2016, 1.2 million Coloradans voted for Donald Trump to become president. All those Colorado votes for Trump resulted in zero electoral votes. Instead, all nine of the state’s electoral votes went to Hillary Clinton because Trump voters were not the majority in Colorado. Votes for Trump ended on the figurative cutting-room floor. Proposition 113, titled “Adopt Agreement…

Nobody disputes that paid family and medical leave would provide important benefits to employees and employers in Colorado. The problem is that there’s no consensus on how to implement it. The state Legislature has taken numerous runs at the issue, only to come up empty, prompting a citizen initiative to get Proposition 118 on this…

Today’s edition includes the revelation that R-5 High School is temporarily closed to guard against a COVID-19 outbreak, making it the first school in District 51 to shift entirely to remote learning …read full editorial here. 

It appears that the Mesa County Detention Center has joined the ranks of “things that will never be the same” after the pandemic. …read full editorial here.

What follows below can’t come close to topping what someone named Washington had to say to the firefighters who have been battling the Pine Gulch Fire, but we’ll plow forward anyway. …read full editorial here.