Editorial

The day before our latest storm was set to wallop us, I walked the dog. I expected it to be a relatively mild day, as it often is just before a major storm.

It’s been a while in coming, but this week we’re excited to share with you some of the best stories of progress in the Basin.

How we treat Creation will dictate the quality of life for countless human beings, now and in the future.

I have made my peace with their presence because they represent to me a new way to generate an endless supply of electricity.

USUSA also serves as an opportunity for students to learn skills in leadership, organization, empowerment and friendship.

Today, I write my final, in what has admittedly been a sporadic, column for Vernal Express and Uintah Basin Standard. And I want to thank you, and the people who paid my salary, for allowing newspapers to continue to flourish in increasingly difficult times.

To honor Henry David Thoreau, I finally visited Walden Pond in the spring of 2008. It was a bucket list item for a life-long fan.

Colorado makes a big deal of its 14,000-foot mountains, or “Fourteeners.” There are around 55 of them.