All Clippings From The ‘Opinion’ Category

February 10th, 2016

North Fork Real Estate: Buyers in the Bushes and Coal Mining Impacts

North Fork Real Estate: Buyers in the Bushes and Coal Mining Impacts By Mike Jackson – Western Colorado Realty –  Paonia and Hotchkiss “Banana Belt” my foot!  Whenever someone tells me they’ve heard that this is a banana belt I laugh…Click to view post »


February 5th, 2016

Another Month in the Valley: Cold, Snow and Local Politics

A snowy day at the Hotchkiss Hotel building in Hotchkiss –  Tom Wills Photo Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills “No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”…Click to view post »


January 28th, 2016

2.14 Paonia Farm and HomeWEB

Congressional Update and Opinion From Rep. Scott Tipton

Congressional Update and Opinion From Rep. Scott Tipton I recently attended my sixth State of the Union Address as a Member of Congress. I was hoping this year, in the President’s final address, to hear him speak of some opportunities…Click to view post »


January 5th, 2016

A Lesson from a Budding Writer, Holiday Festivities and a Happy Crawford New Year

A Lesson from a Budding Writer, Holiday Festivities and a Happy Crawford New Year All by Marla Bear Bishop – Fruitland Mesa/Crawford and beyond correspondent. A brand new year! Who doesn’t need one of those every now and then? Not…Click to view post »


January 4th, 2016

North Fork Real Estate: A Happy(ish) Real Estate New Year

A Happy(ish) Real Estate New Year   By Mike Jackson – Western Colorado Realtty.com – Hotchkiss and Paonia Happy New Year!   As I write this, with snow and darkness falling on the shortest day of the year, I am reminded…Click to view post »


January 2nd, 2016

Another Month in the Valley: Winter With a Capital W

Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Co-Publisher                 Real winter begins the Valley in early December and the first significant snows of the 2015-16 winter began just after Thanksgiving. And we look back on the…Click to view post »


December 29th, 2015

A Happy(ish) Real Estate New Year

A Happy(ish) Real Estate New Year   By Mike Jackson – Western Colorado Realty.com – Hotchkiss and Paonia   Happy New Year!   As I write this, with snow and darkness falling on the shortest day of the year, I am…Click to view post »


December 23rd, 2015

Trucks and snow- Fruita

The Hotchkiss Bookman: Early Winter and Reading Climate Science Deniers

The Hotchkiss Bookman:  Early Winter and Reading Climate Science Deniers By Tom Wills – proprietor of Wills Gallery and Used Books, 229 West Bridge St.  Hotchkiss. Open 10:30 to 5:30 Monday – Saturday.  (970) 872-2664 This past month was a…Click to view post »


December 4th, 2015

November 2015 – Another Month in the Valley

  Winter on the Highway – Hotcukiss –  Photo by Thomas Wills Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and Co-Publisher October 25 – I picked all of the green peppers in the gardens along with…Click to view post »


November 16th, 2015

Letter: Support Citizens Climate Lobby Solution

Support Citizens Climate Lobby Solution   To the editor: A recent survey found 2/3rds of Americans believe humans cause climate change. Obama rejected the Keystone X Pipeline. Coal consumption is steeply declining. Renewables are the fastest growing segment of the…Click to view post »