Author: The Daily Sentinel editorial board

No one has more to gain from an independent investigation of two Colorado Springs cops shooting a black teenager in the back than the officers and the police department they work for. Obstinacy, however, may cheat everyone from a meaningful review of the killing. The push for an independent investigation, backed Friday by Gov. Jared…

Credit the Bureau of Land Management for trying to find a solution to a complicated problem. In Wednesday’s edition, the Sentinel’s Dennis Webb chronicled Bill Babbel’s quest to erect a flagpole on BLM land near a famous local landmark that fronts U.S. Highway 50 between Grand Junction and Delta. There’s already a flagpole at that…

We agree with Aurora Councilman Dave Gruber and others that Aurora needs to cull facts from fiction surrounding the privately-run GEO immigrant prison that is increasingly becoming a prominent part of the community. Gruber, however, is not the one to handle or even take part in that important task. The GEO immigration center houses “detainees”…

Today’s blotter on page 3A includes a police investigation of a woman who left her toddler in a Toyota Rav4 on Monday morning when she went to work inside the Mesa County Justice Center. Fortunately, someone heard the child crying and called the police who were able to track down the mother inside the courthouse.…

We don’t often write about international stories because our priority is to opine on events that affect western Colorado. But occasionally, a news story will rise to a level of historical significance that bears acknowledging. Such a story is unfolding in Moscow. Since July, residents of Russia’s capital have been demonstrating in large numbers. The…

Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide has ignited a backlash from elected officials and the public who wonder how he could have ever been left unattended in his prison cell long enough to cheat justice. The news of his death may be of some comfort to his victims, but it also denied them the opportunity to face…

Obamacare has collided with reality. The prognosis is not good. Now almost 10 years old, America’s best chance for making health care accessible and affordable for all Americans has all but evaporated. We’re not alone in pointing out that the Affordable Care Act was doomed from the start for two reasons. Read more at The…

The series of deadly mass shootings in Gilroy, Calif., El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio have the nation locked into another fruitless debate about gun violence. Is access to guns the problem? Or is it a lack of services to diagnose and treat mental illness? That seems to be where most of the shouting occurs…

Now that the federal government has approved a Colorado reinsurance program, Western Slope residents who purchase insurance on the state health care exchange will get sizable relief from some of the highest premiums in the country. That’s a considerable achievement. The Colorado Division of Insurance is projecting a 30% drop, or about $9,000 a year,…