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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Why put natural gas in the Constitution over and above all the other energy sources we rely on? (Editorial)

We have no problem with Coloradans continuing to use their natural gas furnaces, hot water heaters and stoves. But should we have a constitutionally guaranteed right to access natural gas in our homes?

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Hateful words targeting Denver Jews wrongfully demonize Zionism (Opinion)

“Jews — including Zionists — should be welcome in restaurants, on school boards, in workplaces and throughout American society,” Scott L. Levin and Rabbi Joseph R. Black write.

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Three fraudulent Colorado ballots were counted in 2024; here’s how Amendment 84 could have stopped it (Opinion)

Three of the 12 fraudulent ballots passed signature verification and were counted before the two Mesa County residents, who said they were trying to prove election fraud was real, got caught. The paucity of cases is a testament to our voting system in Colorado with its many checks and balances.

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Roaring Fork School District refused to listen to parent concerns about sex ed curriculum (Opinion)

Imagine your five-year-old comes home from school with a backpack stuffed with back-to-school forms and crumpled worksheets. Everything seems normal. Then, weeks later–by accident—you find out your kindergartener was shown graphic illustrations of naked children and taught to identify genitalia with vivid language.

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The solution to bear-human conflicts is bringing back spring hunts (Letters)

“I know this is not a very popular approach, but the main objective is to reduce bear encounters. We will never end them altogether.” — Rich Linnebur, Westminster

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Why we don’t support Denver Public Schools’ proposed property tax increase (Editorial)

Denver voters can send two clear messages to elected officials this November: first, now is not the time to raise property taxes further; and second, we want a school board that is drama-free and focuses exclusively on students, teachers and schools.

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More than Missy Woods is to blame for CBI failures (Letters)

Exactly how incompetent does a state agency have to be to not discover deception and fraud in at least 1,045 cases over a 29-year period?

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Why the Forest Service called in the cows when the Gold Mountain Fire was almost contained (Opinion)

When fire commanders try to figure out how to contain a major wildfire, the last thing you might expect them to deploy is a herd of beef cattle.

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Keep your voting plans, Colorado, because we will be sending mail ballots (Opinion)

Nothing has changed; keep your voting plans. Colorado county clerks are hard at work preparing to mail your ballot, just as every county clerk has reliably and responsibly done for more than a decade.

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Prop 137 will not prevent wildfires but will degrade our public lands (Opinion)

“Proposition 137 would siphon $175 million in taxpayer dollars every year to degrade and destroy Colorado’s landscape by bankrolling industrial logging of tens of thousands of acres annually.” — Josh Schlossberg

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