Johnny Spillane's letter to the Steamboat Springs community
U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team athlete and Steamboat Springs resident Johnny Spillane announced his retirement Wednesday in a letter thanking the community for its support
Northwest Colorado VNA public health nurses: Vaccinate on time
Vaccinating children on time is the best way to protect them against 14 serious and potentially deadly diseases before their second birthdays.
Dr. David Criste: Don't blame weapons
Can we separate the perpetrator(s) of this evil deed from the weapons involved? Or will we be treated to another spectacle of lawmakers tripping over each other in their rush to ban something inanimate?
Kevin Copeland: Ban the bone
In the wake of the Boston tragedy, I would hope that our present elected officials are willing to fall all over one another to be the first to pass some meaningful, feel-good legislation to ban improvised explosive devices so as to keep them out of the hands of criminals. As I perceive it, present laws are obviously being circumvented.
Mark Andersen: Great 50 years
The Yampa Valley Community Foundation would like to congratulate Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. on 50 outstanding years of operation and, more importantly, thank them for their exceptional philanthropic efforts supporting our community. With a multitude of celebrations and events every year, we often lose sight that Ski Corp. is one of the greatest philanthropists in the Yampa Valley.
Our View: School district should fully fund athletics
The wide array of sports offered at Steamboat Springs High School is one of the school’s greatest attributes, and we urge school officials to work diligently to solve a funding shortfall without cutting such activities.
Tom Gangel: Bad information
Regarding recent articles and letters to the editor concerning Colorado gun legislation, I’d like to address critical inaccuracies and misrepresentations.
Howard Bashinski: Limits needed
I think it is time to reconsider term limits for some elected officials, particularly our congressional representatives.
Our View: Library delivers on public promise
In 2005, the East Routt Library District asked voters for what amounted to $29 million throughout 20 years to expand the Bud Werner Memorial Library and hire additional personnel to staff the new facility.
Mona Kent: Thank you
On the morning of Jan. 26, I was involved in a car accident that easily could have taken my life. I have many people to thank from that day, though I’m unable to recall names.
Richard Lorne Eedy: Canadian difference
This is my quote on the difference between the U.S. and Canada: “Americans consider health care a privilege and gun ownership a right while Canadians consider health care a right and gun ownership a privilege.”
Chris Ricks: Guns and transparency
Conspicuously absent from this conversation are Diane Mitsch Bush and the three chiefs of police in Routt County.
Our View: Adapting to the new normal for water in the West
Don’t be fooled by the rain and snow of the past couple days; Northwest Colorado remains very much in the midst of extreme drought conditions. And absent historic levels of moisture throughout the next few weeks, nothing can change that reality.
Travis Brown: Gun control
As a student of history, and a firm believer that democracy is the most effective form of government for protecting the freedoms we Americans are privileged to have, I am tired of those who oppose gun control invoking the Second Amendment as a shield to protect their interests.
Paul Bonnifield: Achieving justice
For some of us, the cold-blooded execution of little children in a school was such a gross injustice that we are compelled to take action. Others are content with the status quo.
