My unit was not called up to serve in Vietnam or the Middle East. After basic training and advanced individual training, that lasted six months, I spent the remainder of my six-year commitment in the US…
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HMPRESENTLY: Inspiring Hope, Defeating Despair Isn’t Cheap!
The US Department of Health and Human Services will be paying $250 million for a PR campaign to “defeat despair and inspire hope about the coronavirus…”
LETTER: Q Who?
“Everything I’ve heard of Q — I hope this is real, because it only means America is getting stronger and better, and people are returning to conservative values, and that’s what I am for…”
New Rule Would ‘Streamline’ Oil and Gas Drilling in Colorado’s National Forests
Limited oil and gas drilling has also been approved in the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado, and in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests near the Wyoming border…
HMPRESENTLY: The People Who Kept the Babies Safe
I don’t want to sound all saccharine, all syrupy. But… caring about people and caring about principles – I’ve been thinking – is what strong, heroic people tend to do…
Colorado Announces ‘ALL IN’ Collegiate Voting Challenge
“The ALL IN Challenge creates a fun competition for our colleges and universities, and highlights the importance of college students to register and vote….”
LETTER: Support for Voting by Mail
The two institutions that can definitely be trusted are the County Board of Elections and the United States Postal Service…
HMPRESENTLY: Humor, Love and… That Flaming Burr Under My Saddle!
I’m not sure why, but in my mind, early Saturday morning, I’m hearing a 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis song, and I’m recalling the lyric… “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain…”
Great Sand Dunes Announces Public Closure of Areas around Sand Creek Lakes
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and National Park Service staff will work along the creek and lake shorelines to complete the treatment of the water. As a result, the water will temporarily be non-potable to drink or use…
HMPRESENTLY: The Screen Flickered, One Last Time
Yes…my old PC had served me well, putting up with all kinds of words I’ve been writing on it, for how long? For 10, maybe 12 years, or more?
LETTER: Healthcare in America Depends Upon the Post Office
This is a call to action for our community, state and country. I’m asking that all of us come together and work toward the benefit of all and to protect our most vulnerable citizens…
Veteran’s Appendectomy Launches Excruciating Battle Over the Bill
This article first appeared on the Kaiser Health News website, on August 25, 2020 In late August 2019, Shannon Harness awoke to serious pain in READ MORE
EDITORIAL: ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ Planning to Sue the Town Voters? Part Three
“Honestly, sir, I don’t think either are good options. I think that, in effect, the Town would be going against itself, and against its voters and constituents, and that wouldn’t be a good decision…”
HMPRESENTLY: ‘You Gotta Clean Your Floors, You Gotta Clean Your Forests…’
“I see again the forest fires are starting,” President Trump said recently, during a rally in Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California…
EDITORIAL: ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ Planning to Sue the Town Voters? Part Two
“I’d be spending my money on my attorney, having him figure out how to align myself with my taxpayers, way more than I’d be spending my money on my attorney, trying to figure out how I can get around my taxpayers…”
EDITORIAL: San Juan Basin Public Health Makes a Request, Part Two
The funds “may not be used to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify under the statute…”
EDITORIAL: ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ Planning to Sue the Town Voters? Part One
“Is it within the purview of the Town Council to initiate filing for a Declaratory Judgment on the legality of the language in Ballot Question A?…”
CDOT Shares Detour Information Regarding 1-70… Delays & Alternate Routes
Highway safety closures are in place due to active wildfires in several locations around the state. The closures are in response to wildfires that continue to burn…
Oil & Gas Groups Block Briefing for Officials on Health Impacts of Drilling
“We expect Kristy to be invited back to present at a later date,” he added…