Tag: voices
-
Courier letters to the editor
Love moves mountains I have the privilege of being on the team which is organizing this year’s Pride Above the Clouds (PATC) event at Memorial Park on June 7, from 10-3. This will be my second year as a volunteer for PATC and we are creating a fabulously fun day with live music, lawn games,…
-
WPSD’s misplaced obsession with “controlling” Merit Academy | Guest column
By Roger Holmes As the WPSD board navigates what may be the most dire financial crisis in its history, one would expect laser focus on fixing its own house. Instead, the board’s energy remains fixated on “controlling” its only charter school, Merit Academy. The latest example is WPSD Board President Keegan Barkley’s use of the…
-
Teller County’s mountain of art | Mountain of Art
Picture a pile of colorful paintings, musical instruments, theater costumes and worn dancing shoes in the middle of a field in Teller County. Artists have been asked to bring their artwork to the pile and add at least one piece to the creative berm. The pile grows slowly at first, then faster, as more and…
-
The D38 difference | D38 Leadership Update
The 2025–26 school year has come to a close, and the final weeks were filled with positive, celebratory moments. Students shared magnificent performances on the stage, competed with heart in athletic contests, and showcased excellence in academics at events on our campuses. Every moment in our schools tells a story, and as we close the…
-
Courier letters to the editor
Discipline children in government It is time to discipline the children in charge of our government! Children have a wonderful sense of imagination, it is an inward-looking free-range mind game, accompanied by attempts to make the greater reality conform to the child’s imaginary world. Most children harmlessly grow out of this stage. But if it…
-
Our wildfire threat | Guest column
By Dennis Luttrell Today, the number one issue facing our county is wildfire. The recent local publications have been raising awareness regarding our regional threat. Teller County in the top one percent of our country facing this ever-growing threat. The entire state is in a drought despite the recent moisture. This was the same condition…
-
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which for many years had been the sole province of mayors and…
-
Tribune letters to the editor
Not the place for Buc-ee’s Buc-ee’s is trying to build a travel center at County Line and I-25, near Monument and Palmer Lake. Imagine, if you will, the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. No, not the festival itself. Imagine hopping on the freeway and not being able to drive to Denver on the weekends during the…
-
The real problem with conspiracy theories | From the Editor
I dislike conspiracy theories. It’s not because I don’t believe any of them. Some may be true. I’m open to the idea of bigfoot being out there or aliens being up there or anything that might be down there. As a journalist, though, I’m a professional skeptic. I require proof and I’ve seen no compelling…
-
The real problem with conspiracy theories | From the Editor
I dislike conspiracy theories. It’s not because I don’t believe any of them. Some may be true. I’m open to the idea of bigfoot being out there or aliens being up there or anything that might be down there. As a journalist, though, I’m a professional skeptic. I require proof and I’ve seen no compelling…