To the citizens of Gilpin County, This campaign season has been long and very active with many questions to the candidates, debates, forums, sign waving and meet and greets, but as election day approaches, I want the citizens of Gilpin County to...

Dear Editor, As we wrap up this election season, I thought it would be important to summarize the positive changes that I plan to bring to our county.   First, I’d like to focus on changing our county government culture. I’d lead the...

Dear Editor,  Hello neighbors of Central City! As our election approaches, I want to share a brief assessment of my vision for the future of our mountain town—one that balances growth with preservation, opportunity with responsibility. Our...

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Immordino Brothers, Andrew, Matthew, John, and Jim, we would like to express our gratitude for the opportunity to be employed by the Marshalls for each of our first jobs.  We are neighbors with the Marshalls...

Dear Editor and fellow Gilpin County residents, As we are dropping off our 2024 ballots this year, it’s important to understand who we are as Gilpin County residents and what we stand for. The City of Black Hawk has a population of 127 people...

Dear Editor,  I’m asking my fellow Gilpinites to reelect Sandy Hollingsworth as our County Commissioner. In her first term, Sandy was instrumental in bringing Clinica here, which filled a 12 year health-care desert, worked to budget $100,000...

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my support of the reelection of Sandy Hollingsworth to the Gilpin County District 3 County Commissioner seat, and Jeff Aiken for election to the Gilpin County  District 1 County Commissioner seat. In an...

GILPIN COUNTY– I moved to Gilpin County in 2001. Thr country had just had the most strained transfer of power in the previous century. Remember the hanging chads in Florida? The Supreme Court decision in favor of stopping that count, and handing...

Dear Editor,  I’m an unaffiliated / Independent voter and I noticed a letter in your paper challenging residents to research their candidates and specifically Mr. Marshall's past and his qualifications. I took the challenge and did my...

Dear Editor, I serve with Sandy on the Jefferson Center Mental Health Board where she represents Gilpin County as a Director. Sandy comes very prepared to meetings, with careful reading of programs and developments in the field. She asks great...

Dear Reader,I recently flew to Wisconsin to visit some old friends, and brought along our Colorado Election Guide, generally known as the “Blue Book.” This is compiled by a nonpartisan legislative committee tasked with presenting a neutral...

Dear Editor,Like every candidate, Marie Mornis faces many issues in our county commissioner's race. But consider the Community Center as a metaphor, or a template, for how Gilpin County is managed.We have seen the Community Center go from a...

Dear Editor,In the up-coming Gilpin County election let’s focus on what’s important: The land, the people and then the money.The land: The mountains of Gilpin County led us to live here. It’s our home and a wonderful place to raise our families...

Dear Editor,The Town of Nederland finally released their draft of the 2024 Comprehensive plan. As citizens of Nederland, we should be alarmed and disappointed.The Comprehensive plan is extremely important, as it will be referenced as the basis for...

Dear Gilpin County Independents,I am your neighbor John Pineau. We have lived here for 30 years, our kids were born and raised in Gilpin, I am the President of the Gilpin County Bar Association, and a proud, flag-waving independent voter. It...

 Dear Editor,     I feel the need to call out what seems to be hypocrisy in Issue 51 of this year's Mountain Ear. I find it ironic that the paper containing an article on political disinformation also had a letter to the editor containing an...

The Mountain-Ear launched their new website (themtnear.com) on October 1, 2024, with free access to it for an introductory period so area readers can check out the new site and see all the new features. The new website is intended to be the flagship going forward of Mountain-Ear offerings, with multi-media presentations, an easy-to-use interface, and a comprehensive search engine with which to peruse past editions.

Dear Editor,As a PhD Wildlife Biologist and Vice Chair of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission I urge a YES vote on Proposition 127. If you embrace the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, which guides wildlife agencies across the...

Dear Editor,I would like to announce the founding of the Annual Outstanding Nederland Area Senior Award and the 2024 call for nominations that are due before November 16.The nomination process can be obtained by emailing info@mountainpeaklife.org....

Join me in supporting Sandy Hollingsworth for CommissionerDear Editor and fellow residents,This letter is in further support of Sandy Hollingsworth for re-election as our Gilpin County Commissioner from District 3. After the September 20 candidate...