This week I would love to tell you a long story about the last six months of chaos I have been dealing with. Behind the scenes. As a person individually, and as a member of a staff of people who

At the end of last week, I received an email from an advertiser, asking me to clarify our position as Newspaper of Record for Gilpin County. I sat on the email for a few hours, then sent it to our

How to explain voting to a young adult? Hmm.. this is a tough one for me. So I start with: I’m not a good Republican. I’m not a good Democrat. But I think I am a good voter. I’m

Barbara Hardt has been the force behind The Mountain-Ear for many years, and still is. There are times, however, when she is on vacation or needs to be away for a few days. The Mountain-Ear still

Friends, sometimes I feel like a broken record. I feel like I talk for weeks (months) about different topics that are happening in the region. Right now, one of the biggest things happening is

Maui was quite simply, our best girl. She was kind, caring, loved to cuddle, loved to play, sang to us, played with all the other animals and just loved life all the time. Maui was diagnosed

Last week something unusual happened at the paper. Well, in truth, two things happened. First, our managing editor, Barbara Hardt, went on an “actual” vacation, with a beach and everything.

It’s been a few days since I took off on my vacation. One of the coolest things about having a paying job (besides well, the paycheck), is having time off. Last year I did a buyout in December

Whew.. this paper has been amazing. This week you will see more design by Joyce Robinson and a lot less by me. This is a process. While I wrapped the paper on Tuesday night, Joyce had completed

Many of you know I write my column almost every week while sitting at home, working on the final design, listening to a meeting of some sort or another. Tonight, I write this while listening to a

I always find it weird when a celebration or holiday falls right before a press run for us. Valentine’s Day is one of those days this year. Next week, February 8, we will share our Valentine

This week has had a lot of ups and downs. I spent last week wrapping up a lot of little things I needed to close out for 2023. On top of that, we put out an incredible news-packed, 40-page paper

I wanted to start this week’s column by saying thank you to the folks who took the time to stand up and speak at the Gilpin County Commissioners’ meeting last week. Each person spent part of

On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, the Gilpin County Commissioners again selected The Mountain-Ear as newspaper of record for 2024. This is an honor that we accept with gratitude. The commissioners

Wow. 2023 was such an incredible year for me. For this week’s column, I’m going to share some of my personal accomplishments, as well as some of our work accomplishments. Because one doesn’t

Over the past two weeks we have had an adventure of sorts. My eldest daughter rescued some kittens. Well, three kittens to start. Then she went back to rescue the mom, so mom could teach the

December is a time of melancholy for me. It’s a reminder of my youth, and of spending time with family and friends. There were four kids in our house, for many years. We got up early in the

In the last five years, I have found myself participating in local government a lot more. Specifically in the last three years of COVID, I have listened to thousands of meetings. Sometimes those

Another whirlwind week at The Mountain-Ear. We have a lot in the works, but first, today we pick up the November 16 edition and our Holiday Gift Guide. Both will be on stands today. We’re