Author: The Daily Sentinel editorial board

Earlier this year, we pointed out the obvious – that elected officials can’t be against both density and sprawl – earning an earful from the Grand Junction City Council while defending recent zoning decisions for the Maverick annexation and the Burkey Park property. But the council’s Sept. 29 op-ed in the Sentinel, signed by all…

Once voting returns finally posted to the Mesa County Clerk’s website – nearly an hour after polls closed on Tuesday – the city of Grand Junction celebrated a double win while School District 51 officials resigned themselves to sinking $5 million into an aging Grand Junction High School they hoped would be torn down soon.…

Once voting returns finally posted to the Mesa County Clerk’s website – nearly an hour after polls closed on Tuesday – the city of Grand Junction celebrated a double win while School District 51 officials resigned themselves to sinking $5 million into an aging Grand Junction High School they hoped would be torn down soon.…

School District 51 officials leaned on science in pushing back start times – a move designed to provide students with more sleep and better align their natural biorhythms with learning. Yet, twice a year this effort is undermined by turning clocks back and forward, which causes significant disruptions to our internal body clocks. Now scientists…

Sentinel reporters fanned out across the Western Slope to see how the legalization of marijuana has impacted local governments that have authorized recreational sales. None of the communities profiled in the series “Marijuana Industry Impact” said recreational sales had opened a Pandora’s box of problems. Indeed, most pointed to problems that marijuana revenues were helping…

A few years ago, members of the state’s Economic Development Commission were discussing Utah’s annoyingly successful efforts to recruit Colorado’s outdoor recreation equipment manufacturers – including attempts to lure companies currently located in the Grand Valley. This was still early in President Trump’s term when he was trying to drum up support for congressional funding…

Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis was a member of Congress who sponsored legislation to give Black Canyon of the Gunnison national park status 20 years ago. “I was just doing my job,” McInnis told the Sentinel’s Dan West for a story commemorating the canyon’s 20th anniversary as a national park, “but I’m real proud of…

Aurora has become a large and complex city, boasting a growing list of achievements and triumphs – as well as a catalog of serious challenges. We recommend voters choose Omar Montgomery, Leanne Wheeler, Angela Lawson, Alison Coombs, Juan Marcano and Bryan Lindstrom to help build on successes and overcome Aurora’s obstacles. With few exceptions, the slate of incumbents and…

Much is being made of the fact that Proposition CC “forever” does away with revenue caps imposed by the Taxpayer’s Bill or Rights, allowing the state to retain and spend whatever it collects instead of refunding excesses to taxpayers. We’re among those who would have preferred that the measure – referred by the Legislature –…

News that Halliburton is laying off 178 workers from its Grand Junction office is sobering, to say the least. But it’s not unexpected – and, thankfully, not the severe blow that it might have been if the local economy hadn’t become better diversified in recent years. Still, these are good-paying jobs and losing them will…