While the Biden Administration has surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban, Denver has similarly surrendered Civic Center Park to drugs, rats, and the homeless, now forced to admit defeat and close the park. City officials announced recently that the park, “Will shut down for the foreseeable future due to crime and other safety risks to public …
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The natives are restless with a record-breaking 15 candidates running for office in Greenwood Village. Spirited races are ongoing in Aurora, Littleton and Centennial. Stephanie Piko, the hard-working mayor of Centennial gets a pass this election with no opposition. She deserves a second term of office. There are scheduled forums for candidate debates emerging …
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The nation has been grieving the past few days over the massive loss of life and stature when the New York trade towers were destroyed killing and injuring thousands of Americans. The incident has left scars and motivated America to seek revenge that has not turned out well on foreign soil. Our troops have come …
“Turn on your television … a plane just hit the World Trade Center in New York.” I can’t even imagine how many times those words were uttered twenty years ago, but like nearly everyone of age at the time, I can tell you exactly where I was the moment I learned. And I know almost …
A longtime friend, even going back to Craig days, is Larry Brown. Larry worked with the Colorado Water Division out of Glenwood Springs, as I recall, going back about over 40 years. He would come visit the newspaper office in Craig. Our friendship has lasted many years while we both moved around. He in Littleton …
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I have fond memories of Governor Richard “Dick” Lamm. He was a Democrat three term governor from 1975-1987. He passed away in July at the age of 85. A large memorial service was held to honor his memory at the Wings Over The Rockies Museum Aug. 31. In attendance were hundreds of friends, VIPs, incumbent …
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In an age of struggle for print journalism, newspapers have tried to survive by implementing paywalls for access to their digital content — and they’re doing it all wrong. That’s not surprising for an industry that is responsible for covering the news yet somehow missed realizing how drastically the rise of online advertising was going …
Sunday afternoon I could hardly turn off the television watching hurricane Ida ascending upon New Orleans and Louisiana. I have some newspaper friends in the Livingston Parish area. They have already had their newspaper flooded several times prior to this storm. Mother Nature is a powerful force. One can see by looking at the coastline …
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The debacle in Afghanistan is horrific with the death of 13 U.S. service members and Afghan citizens. We all know the story by now of the tragic withdrawal of American troops before getting our citizens and loyal Afghan supporters out of the country. The mercenary Afghan army, who were being paid by US taxpayers …
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Pablo Picasso once said every child is an artist. The challenge is to remain one once the child becomes an adult. As an educator I know all too well that fading loss of faith in our creative muse as we grow older. Ask any kindergarten class which kids are artists, and every hand will go …
