Dear Editor, The Texas attempt to gerrymander ever more voting districts ensures that the most extreme candidates will get voted in. Moderation, political discourse, compromise and dissent are suppressed. This is a naked power grab by...
Dear Editor, To the democrats in our area. I do undestand your disappointment in the results of the 2024 election. What I don’t understand is your extreme anger and hatred of President Trump and all Republicans. Your anger is affecting...
Dear Editor, Three Saturdays remain for members of the public to visit the Bunce School Museum in Allenspark. Hours for each date will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include August 16, August 30 (Labor Day weekend), and September 20 (Hilltop Guild's...
CENTRAL CITY - Today I sat down at our Central City office to contemplate a few topics I have been considering for my Peak Perspectives column. Here is what I settled on. I am going to share this as my own opportunity to educate you from my point...
Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Clower from Texas: Your Indian name should be Storm Cloud. The Indian Interpretive Dance Team that Gilpin county so graciously invited to their fair are a group of young people from the Jefferson County...
Dear Community, The Nederland Area Historical Society is transitioning into a new chapter, and we need YOUR help! We recently elected a new board of both returning members and new faces! The board consists of:
Dear Editor, One of Allenspark’s favorite summer traditions is back! The 13th annual Run Like the Wind 5K and Walk Like the Breeze 2K is set for Saturday, August 30, offering participants a scenic course through this charming mountain town....
GILPIN COUNTY - Perhaps we (the older generation) remember the game of “Telephone” from when we were kids? I certainly do. I also remember how distorted the message could be when it reached the fourth person. Or perhaps the seventh. Someone...
Dear Nederland neighbors and friends, Why vigils, you may ask and wonder. Since before 1985 when the Nederland area Mountain Forum for Peace became a bona fide 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, we have been supporting peace and justice causes. Initially...
Has anyone else given any thought to how we name subdivisions? I mean, some of them make perfect sense: Colorado Sierra, for example. Colorado: obvious. Sierra means “mountain range,” so also relevant. Dory Lakes, Aspen Springs, Missouri Lakes –...
Dear Editor, I can still see him lying there. My friend was late coming up Boulder Canyon for a weekend hike. The Canyon was eerily silent, empty of the usual vehicular melee. I walked up my driveway and down the Canyon for about a mile. A...
Dear Editor, There have been a number of decisions made by the Trump administration that make me scratch my head. Closing Voice of America, firing all the Inspector Generals whose job it is to ferret out “waste, fraud, and abuse,” pardoning the...
Dear Editor, On Sunday, August 10 at 10 a.m. in the pavilion at Chipeta Park in Nederland a Community-wide Church Service will be held honoring local students and educators, just three days before the new school year begins in Boulder...
BLACK HAWK - Over the last couple of years I have been working hard to find a solid work-life balance. Some of the things I do to try to make this a reality include taking my vacation time seriously. And also working a regular schedule, not...
Dear Editor, During the month of August, the Nederland Community Presbyterian Church is once again coordinating the Love Your Neighbor Cereal Drive to benefit the Nederland Food Pantry. Members of the community are invited to...
Dear Friends, Please, join us at our monthly gathering at the Mountain Forum for Peace Sculpture Garden, Highways 119 and 72, on August 2, from 10 - 11 a.m. We are asking our government and all governments to FEED GAZA and so much more. We...
Dear Editor, Advocates for Recovery Colorado Foothills Program now offers FREE Peer Recovery Coach services for anyone in Gilpin seeking help with substance use recovery. Services include 1-on-1 coaching, peer-led All Recovery Meetings, and...
Dear Editor, What on Earth is an “Indian Interpretive Dance Team”? The company that provided the “Western” entertainment at the Gilpin County Fair last week began its work for the County after I moved away, so I was not familiar with their...
DENTON, TEXAS - Today’s banner at the top of page 1, designed by our talented graphic designer, Lori Garcia, reminds us that we’ve just celebrated National Ice Cream Day. Now, we...
On July 9, the National Newspaper Association Foundation announced the winners of its 2025 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. The Mountain-Ear was one of the 102 newspapers in 33 states that won 712 awards in...