Herb Bacon News Today

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Forty years ago today, western Colorado was riding high, and Pat O’Neill was a first-hand witness to it all, and a reaper of some of the rewards, as a partner

SPOKANE — For the last 40 years, the John Wayne Trail Riders have ridden their horses into Malden, where they were greeted with friendly faces and a nice dinner during their state crossing on the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.

Boebert is either unethical or obstuse In the interest of full disclosure, I was never comfortable with Lauren Boebert as our representative in Washington. I believed Ms. Boebert was simply in over her head. You can’t just yell “freedom” and carry a Glock to be an effective legislator and I didn’t think she had the ideas or the experience to do more than that. However, she was duly elected and I respected the results of what I believed was a fair process. (I am amazed that p...

Boebert must resign or be removed Imagine the fear inside our nation’s Capitol after an angry mob of rioters had entered and desecrated the building. This was a mob that bludgeoned a police officer to death with a fire extinguisher and yelled for Mike Pence to be hanged. If that was their intention for Mike Pence, imagine what they would do if they could find Nancy Pelosi, one of their sworn “enemies.” What did Lauren Boebert choose to do at that precarious moment? She tweeted in...

Thank you, Herb Bacon, for supporting community During these divisive and economically worrisome times, David Brooks’ column on Jan. 10 reminded us that “Leadership matters. Character matters.” No truer statement describes the impactful life of Herb Bacon. This humble, kind and thoughtful man and his family have enriched us all in Mesa County, the state of Colorado and the world. Ten years ago, I went to the Republic of Georgia to implement a mentoring program for youth involved ...

Boebert owes constituents an admission of truth