I wanted a barn cat
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I’m a dog person. Most people can make assertions about what kind of person that makes me, and they’d likely be right. I am outgoing, energetic and enjoy the...
Category: Opinion
Emily Articulated Travel Diary: Returning home and escalation
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist We’ve rounded out the last week of our trip abroad with stops in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. In these cities, history is not only found in the museums and...
Confessions of a puzzler
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff My grandma was a puzzler. Not necessarily in personality — though some others may disagree — but in the sense that she liked brain teasers. Crosswords in particular. I...
County needs to tighten reins on spot zoning
By Kristina Kingsland Reader Contributor Zoning is a term that refers to the set of laws enacted by the county or city that define how property can be used, how small the land can...
A few thoughts … On shedding an old skin
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I’m two miles from the pickup and 500 feet above where I left it parked when I find a snakeskin on a rock midstream in the East Fork. It...
Beware of smear tactics in midterm election
By Jo Len Everhart Reader Contributor I am concerned over the smear tactics used in the last Republican Primary — and concerned that we might see a repeat in the upcoming Nov. 8 midterm...
Mayor’s Roundtable: New Little Sand Creek Watershed bike trail shows recreation and conservation can work together
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This week is a big one for the future of the Little Sand Creek Watershed. Recreation in the watershed has been a long time coming. Historically, the city...
The Lumberjill: My husband let me write this
By Jen “The Wife” Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist A few days ago, my husband and I pulled up to a job site to assess the work to be done. Tyler emerged from the vehicle...
Emily Articulated: Notes from Norway — Same same, but different
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There’s something unique about traveling in a place where things are similar enough to be familiar, but different enough to make you latch onto its discrepancies with complete focus....
The magic of the high country
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This time of year, I gather with a group of friends and we make our annual pilgrimage to the mountains. With everything we need to survive for three days...
