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Viewpoint: New Family Member Wiggles into Our Hearts

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Viewpoint: New Family Member Wiggles into Our Hearts

Terry Kraus

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

We added a new family member on Saturday. We traveled to the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, which has been in operation since 1949, and brought home a little Siamese- mix female kitten.

Viewpoint: Grab Your BB Guns – It’s Fair Time

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Viewpoint: Grab Your BB Guns – It’s Fair Time

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

According to Cause IQ there are 3,045 fairs in the United States every year. Combined, those fairs employ 31,692 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.Of course, the largest of the fairs are the state fairs. The Texas State Fair is the largest of all.

Viewpoint: Maybe We Should All Move to New Hampshire

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Viewpoint: Maybe We Should All Move to New Hampshire

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Someone asked me on the phone last week if there had been any progress on the Fred Ettleman murder. He was murdered on February 24, 2023. Almost two and a half years ago.

Viewpoint: Preventing Crime in Your own Back Yard

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Viewpoint: Preventing Crime in Your own Back Yard

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

One of the things we see on a regular basis on our subscription renewal forms is a request for more crime information.Thankfully, there is often very little to report from credible reporting sources. No, we do not consider Facebook credible.

Viewpoint: Soreness, Sunburn and a Tetanus Shot Make for a Great Weekend

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Viewpoint: Soreness, Sunburn and a Tetanus Shot Make for a Great Weekend

Terry Kraus

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

I had a pretty interesting weekend in Kansas.My three younger brothers and I gathered at the family farm to continue to downsize the mass quantities of things my mom and dad had accumulated throughout the years. The major project continued to be the barn that had blown down two years ago.

Viewpoint: I’ll Teach You! I’m Going to Destroy My Stuff

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Viewpoint: I’ll Teach You! I’m Going to Destroy My Stuff

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The national news right now is leaving me with a case of déjà vu.

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Viewpoint: Four Letter Words Poured Out at Graduation

Terry Kraus

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

I get a little jaded about people sometimes. Do you? Traffic jams, rude customer service people, dog owners who think I want their dog to sniff me, and people who have forgotten the values America and Christianity once had.That doesn’t sound all that jaded, does it? I’m kidding.

Viewpoint: Loud Booms Unexplained

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Viewpoint: Loud Booms Unexplained

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

My telephone rang on Friday morning and the caller was a loyal reader and Colorado City resident who has steered us in the right direction of several stories over the years. He shared that a series of large booms had occurred. Loud enough that the entire community had probably heard it.

Viewpoint: The Times May be a-Changing

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Viewpoint: The Times May be a-Changing

Terry Kraus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

I don’t want this to be a political Viewpoint. Seems like all I’ve been doing lately is writing political editorials. I can’t even think of a title that won’t be interpreted as political.

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Viewpoint: My Cousin Says I Should Run for Governor

Terry Kraus

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

After my comparison last week of the most liberal and the most expensive states to live in, and the fact that the two lists are almost identical, my cousin from Tennessee emailed me and indicated that he liked the commonsense way my argument was laid out.

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