Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Wills’
Hotchkiss Nominates Two “Anchor Points” for Region 10 Broadband Project
Hotchkiss Nominates Two “Anchor Points” for Region 10 Broadband Project By Thomas Wills Hotchkiss Town Council October 8, 2015 Present: Mayor Wendell Koontz, Tom Wills, Larry Jakubiak, Dustyn Foster, Lindee Cantrell and Jim Roberts. Absent: Carrie Wingfield. Town Clerk Marlene…Click to view post »
A Way to Save Coal? – We Should Tax Carbon and Use the Money to Fund the De-Carbonization of Fossil Fuels
A Way to Save Coal? – We Should Tax Carbon and Use the Money to Fund the De-Carbonization of Fossil Fuels Opinion by Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and Co-Publisher As we move deeper into the 2016 presidential election cycle…Click to view post »
Up Front: The North Fork Ambulance Association Asks You to Help Erase $193,000 Deficit
Up Front: The North Fork Ambulance Association Asks You to Help Erase $193,000 Deficit By Thomas Wills North Fork Ambulance Association is a non-governmental, IRS 501 (C) (3) non-profit run by dues paying members with a board of directors and staffed mostly…Click to view post »
Editorial: It is Time for Delta County to Step Back for Clear Look at Land Use Planning Beyond Chicken Farms
Editorial: It is Time for Delta County to Step Back for Clear Look at Land Use Planning Beyond Chicken Farms Opinion by Thomas Wills – Merchant Herald Editor-Publisher, Hotchkiss Trustee and land use planner. A couple dozen people, mostly supporters…Click to view post »
Redlands Mesa Kuntz Chicken Ranch Reviewed by Leroux Creek APC
Redlands Mesa Kuntz Chicken Ranch Reviewed by Leroux Creek APC By Thomas Wills Leroux Creek Advisory Planning Committee September 15, 2015 – Hotchkiss Fire Station Members present: Dan Bolton, Dan Stucker, Susan Raymond, Kim Shay and Tom Wills (this reporter…Click to view post »
Broadband Proposal Changes Dramatically, Now Requires Some Matching Funding From Town – Hotchkiss Council Renews Double J Trash Contract
Hotchkiss mayor Wendell Koontz (foreground) Broadband Proposal Changes Dramatically, Now Requires Some Matching Funding From Town Hotchkiss Council Renews Double J Trash Contract By Thomas Wills Hotchkiss Town Council – Special Meeting September 29, 2015 Present: Mayor Wendell Koontz, Tom…Click to view post »
Proposed Deal on SGI Gas Lease Swap Splits North Fork Environmental Community
Proposed Deal on SGI Gas Lease Swap Splits North Fork Environmental Community By Thomas Wills September1 , 2015 Note: CHC has since announced that they will oppose the lease swap: See the press release here: /chc-clarifies-position-on-sgi-lease-exchange-no-longer-supports-trade-off/ The board of…Click to view post »
Another Month in the Valley: Changing Seasons, Gas Deals, Climate Science Denial, and Mundane Garden and Weather Stuff
Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Co-Publisher Fall, my very favorite time of the year in the Valley. Cool enough to work outside, with the smell of lush maturity everywhere. Shades of browns,…Click to view post »
Valley Economics: Why You Should Please-Please-Please Buy (and Hire) Locally
Downtown Paonia -1930’s, when most people shopped locally. Valley Economics: Why You Should Please-Please-Please Buy (and Hire) Locally By Thomas Wills- North Fork Merchant Herald & Wills Gallery and Used Books At local Chamber of Commerce meetings one topic that…Click to view post »
Paonia’s Harvest of Voices Fills Not One, but Two Venues
Diane Sylvain at the mic. Harvest of Voices Fills Not One, but Two Venues By Thomas Wills Award winning poet, Beth Paulson, who made the drive up from Ridgeway to read a single piece during the September 24 Harvest…Click to view post »