Editorials

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More debate needed on renewable power

A bill that would more than double the renewable energy requirement for rural electric cooperative power suppliers, and that seemed to be in the extra-fast lane at the state Capitol, was slowed a bit Friday when the Senate laid it over until ...

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Voting bill provides needed protections

A bill introduced in the Colorado Legislature this week would require significant changes in Colorado’s election laws, making election procedures more uniform throughout the state and ensuring that every voter receives a mail ballot ...

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About time for online vehicle registration

In the second decade of the 21st century, Colorado may be poised to move up to 1990s standards regarding motor vehicle registration. A bill that faced its first hurdle in the state Legislature Wednesday would authorize the creation of a state ...

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1st Amendment in court

Jana Winter, a reporter for FoxNews.com, wasn’t ordered to reveal her confidential sources during an Arapahoe County District Court hearing Wednesday. But the fact that Judge Carlos Samour Jr. didn’t dismiss the case outright is ...

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Brainard should reject seat on City Council

Rick Brainard won The Daily Sentinel’s endorsement for election to the at-large seat on the Grand Junction City Council earlier this month because of his energetic, no-nonsense, big-picture approach to city issues. But given the events ...

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Speak up on new park

The debate over the Brady Trucking zoning issue on the Grand Junction municipal election ballot this month, while divisive, at least helped to focus public attention on the nearby land that is to become Las Colonias Park. That’s good, ...

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‘Never Again’

Eighty years ago, newly empowered Adolf Hitler and his Nazis began their systematic persecution of Jews and other people viewed as undesirable. In less than a decade, it would lead to the most horrific and efficient, government-sponsored ...

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GOP support due
 school-finance fix

The Colorado Senate last week approved a measure to revamp the state’s school finance system and sent the measure to the House. But Senate support for the bill fell strictly along party lines. That’s unfortunate because Senate ...

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Bob Zarlingo, R.I.P.

Robert “Bob” Zarlingo owned and operated a historic local business with his family — what became Horizon Drive Standard and Zarlingo Automotive. But his impact on the Grand Valley and western Colorado went far beyond ...

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Park partisans

National park designation for Colorado National Monument received a significant and welcome boost this week as the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and Grand Junction Economic Partnership agreed to support the designation. When those ...

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