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Valor, Sacrifices of Veterans Cited at Armory Ceremony…  

Patriotic emotions ran high during the 90-minute-long Veterans’ Day service hosted by Hinsdale County which was held in the Armory on Monday morning, November 11.    Unlike previous Veterans’ Day ceremonies which are held before a standing crowd in Veterans’ Park adjacent to Hinsdale County Courthouse, last week’s 8” heavy snow accumulation prompted a welcome move to the seated and warm comfort of the Armory with Presentation of the Colors led by Russ Brown and sharply suited Flag Bearers Ben Redler, Dennis Cavit, and Doug Franz, and both opening and closing remarks by the county’s new Veterans’ Service Officer, Mike Harrington.    Before an attentive and applauding seated audience, Harrington recited the fact that approximately two percent of the U.S. population served in the U.S. Armed Services. Harrington asking those attending “to look to your left and right” and express thanks to fellow residents in the audience who are Veterans. Harrington repeated the request at the ceremony’s conclusion, asking everyone to express thanks to Veterans “for the freedoms they provided us.”    Harrington, himself retired Army/SFC, drew applause in presenting a commemorative plaque, congratulatory card from Hinsdale County, and bouquet of fresh roses from the county’s Veterans to retired Hinsdale

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County Board Deliberates on 2025 Budget

… also tops on agenda for Commissioners are 30-Mile Resort Update, Plans and Financing for County Operations Building With an eye toward the mandatory completion of next year’s budget next month, Hinsdale Commissioners continued their at-times intense 2025 budget discussion with Budget Workshop No. 6 which was held as part of the county board’s workshop agenda last Wednesday, November 6.Finance Officer Lynn McNitt advised Commissioners Borchers, Levine, and Hurd that approximately $1.3-million will be required from reserves in order to balance next year’s budget, the county’s general fund balance projected to drop from $4.7-million at the start of the year to $3.2-million by year’s end 2025.Commissioners and staff briefly touched on a variety of other topics during their morning workshop, starting off on a congratulatory note in light of the prior day’s election results returning Commissioners Hurd and Levine to office for another four years, and then moving on to more weighty topics including update on convoluted funding from a wide variety of funding sources for the planned-for Emergency Operations/ Administration Building, a status report on the county’s 30-Mile Resort on the upper Rio Grande, and — from County Administrator Sandy Hines — plans to engrave the names of four

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Editor's Pick

Hinsdale County Voters,

I would like to thank all of those that supported me through this re-election and have given me the opportunity to serve Hinsdale County for another four years.Thank you, thank you, thank you!I would like to commend Steve Ryals for his efforts and for providing a choice to the voters.

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Editor,

I would like to say thanks to the many people who helped Hinsdale County in our Request to the FCC in Washington DC.From the 2013 Mandate that required the entire nation to go to “narrow banding”or more clearly “lower power transmissions”on our VHF radio system, this mandate affected Hinsdale in

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Dear Grant and Hinsdale County Voters

When the government is out of line, the sheriff is our county’s first line of defense, which is one of the main intentions for this office. Unfortunately, as all too commonly seen in today’s political circus, power can be abused by the leadership making discretional decisions. A sheriff can betray

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Grant,

We are writing to urge fellow readers to vote for Cole Buerger in the State Senate District 5 race here in Western Colorado.Cole is knowledgeable about policy, and will be a fresh, independent voice for our rural communities in Denver.Right now, we face many challenges in our communities, from addressing

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Grant,

Many of you have reached out to me with questions about Prop 131.In my view, Coloradans are being asked to throw out our excellent system of elections without any persuasive reason to believe the proposed one will be better — while risking the possibility that dark money will play an

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Editor,

As a lifelong resident of the Roaring Fork Valley and as Carbondale Town Trustee, I am enthusiastically voting for Cole Buerger for Colorado State Senator for District 5. I have known Cole for years and he has proven himself to be thoughtful, principled, policy-minded, and smart. Cole is a fifth

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