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...
GILPIN COUNTY – Gilpin County voters got valuable information and face time with their Republican candidates, Marie Mornis and Corey Marshall, at their Fall Family Fun Fest on Saturday. The chidren who attended were thrilled to have their first...
Dear Editor, I’m writing for the Board of the Nederland Food Pantry and on my behalf to express our profound gratitude for the incredible generosity our quiet hero, Christian Vanek, who enabled the creation of a new campus for the Nederland Food...
Dear Editor and fellow residents,I would like to share with you my support of Jeff Aiken for Gilpin County Commissioner from District 1. Jeff is a sincere intelligent public servant as demonstrated through his involvement as a Central City...
Dear Editor, Please vote “yes” on Proposition 127, the Prohibit Hunting of Mountain Lion, Bobcat, and Lynx Initiative, in November. The common method of using dogs with GPS trackers to chase the lion till s/he is exhausted and often climbs into a...