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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 in the Georgian Ministry of Justice. Herb contacted and gave me a donation to help the Georgian Ment...

The state’s food-composting epicenter expands its reach and you can thank a soil shortage ABOVE: Food scraps rest on the compost pile at the Lebanon Solid Waste Facility on Jan. 5 in West Lebanon. LEFT: Lebanon public works employee Matt Grossman readies the food scraps container before Keith Pero (not pictured) moves its contents to the solid waste facility. Jennifer Hauck photos Valley News Lebanon public works employee Matt Grossman readies the food scraps container before Keith Pero (not pictured) moves its contents to the Lebanon Solid Waste Facility's compost pile in West Lebanon, N.H...

By Gary Sasse After inciting an unprecedented attack on the nation’s Capitol, the Trump presidency is ending as a tragedy with the GOP in disarray. This is unfortunate because American governance can benefit from a constructive right-center Republican Party that helps create a problem-solving political environment. After defeats, our political parties have evolved and reinvented themselves. If the GOP fails to do so, The Bulwark’s John V. Last believes “The Republican Party will be, for the foreseeable future, a minority party. The GOP will not win a popular vote plurality anytime soon...

Letter: COVID numbers are off the chart Published: 12/29/2020 9:18:45 AM As always, I found David Brooks’ column ( Monitor, Dec. 21) on at-home testing for COVID interesting, but what really caught my attention was the accompanying graph of the number of daily new cases and the 14-day rolling average. The average almost hit 100 in mid-May – the first wave – and then declined in the summer until September when it began to rise, hitting 102 on Oct. 30. Twenty-one days later, on Nov. 20, it had risen to 344. A month later, on Dec. 20, it hit 855. And, as printed in the paper, the number of...

Santa can’t get COVID-19 – but what about his elves? Santa Claus adjusts his protective face shield between visits from children and their families at Bass Pro Shops, in Miami on Nov. 20, 2020. In this socially distant holiday season, Santa Claus is still coming to towns (and shopping malls) across America but with a few 2020 rules in effect. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Lynne Sladky Published: 12/21/2020 3:08:39 PM Thanks to timely announcements from Dr. Fauci, we know that Santa Claus is immune from COVID-19. However, an investigation by the GeekWitness News Team has uncovered a shocking fac...