I recognized it for what it was immediately. I’m no stranger to sharing with the world moments of pride with my grandchildren and children. So, whe...

Last Sunday I actually observed someone sunbathing. Even though the average high temperature in Colorado City for January is 50 degrees; on Sunday ...

Are you familiar with the Doomsday Clock? Well, established in 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists decide whether the events of the previous ye...

As reported in a letter to the editor last week and a story this week it appears that boys’ soccer is over at Rye High School. With barely over 200...

In the opening address to the Senate at the start of the second session of the 72nd Colorado General Assembly, Democratic State Senate President Ler...

On Sunday, the kind of news no one wants to see slid across the landscape. There was a shooting at a church in White Settlement (Texas) outside Fort ...

Printing a newspaper each week is pretty simple. Our goal is to fill the paper with stories that are of interest to local readers. Our second goal ...

What was the best gift you got this Christmas? I got so many wonderful things I almost feel like I’m bragging to tell you about them. I think I will...

When I asked Prim Ivan for the opportunity to sit down with him and make some attempt to chronicle his nearly 29 years as the leading force at Holly...

At the risk of sounding like Grinch I have some whining to get off my chest. Lori and I decided that for Christmas this year (and Lori’s birthday o...

There seems to be a problem with my Christmas gift budget this year. I don’t have the financial means to give a gift to everyone I would like, at...

In this issue of the View is some feedback from our readers. The monthly story, “What our Reader’s Say”, gives information about the things ...

Last Thursday night Lori and I went to the Broadmoor Arena to a concert. The last time we went to a concert at that venue was to see Elton John. I...

Thank you, voters, for passing ballot measure 6C by a 2:1 vote. For those of you, like me, who have trouble remembering what measure is what, 6C al...

Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors it is time to make a difference in the amount of crime, property damage, vandalism, and just all-around d...

It is 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday and I am just starting the Viewpoint for the week. That is the latest I have ever sat down and began writing my weekly e...

Pueblo County ballot issue 1A and 1B, funding for a new jail, had a little smoke blown in its face late last week in Pueblo. Former county commission...

The phone rang at a few minutes after 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. I didn’t recognize the number and have recently been barraged with opportunities...

In this issue of the paper, Lori has gathered the most recent comments from the subscription renewal forms in regard to the newspaper. I’ve always had...

The first thing I did to celebrate my 67th birthday last Saturday (besides making the coffee) was travel to the local grocery store and purchase a la...

It’s one of those things that started out as a good idea. People with disabilities who use service dogs were allowed to take their animals into pla...

In 1973, I was on the cutting edge of race relations at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas where I was getting my secondary education. I gues...

Lest we forget the attack of September 11, 2001. (statistics are from New York Magazine, and CNN) Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded Unit...

We were feeling like maybe we needed a change of venue. Since moving to the area in 2005 we have enjoyed Lake Isabel. We have enjoyed fishing there...

I spent some time in a Barnes and Noble Bookstore last weekend. I had some time to kill, was on a low budget and, after ordering a giant ice water ...

I’m pretty sure I could never make a living playing poker. I don’t have what you call a “poker face”. In fact, quite the opposite. I tend to telegr...

The front-page headline on the second largest paper in Colorado read, “Latinos feel unsafe in mass shooting’s wake". There are approximately 59 mill...

I’m not sure how often I have written about gun violence. We were very effected by the Thurston High School shooting in Springfield, Oregon in 1998....

“Did you ever argue,” Mary Beth Anderson asked? There was complete silence. Neither her husband, Doug, nor I spoke. After a few seconds' paus...

When my daughter was in the third grade we lived in Eugene, Oregon. While looking through the newspaper one day I came upon an article telling me th...

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