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The top 25 RMV team commentaries of 2025: Where we chose to stand

31Dec

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The top 25 RMV team commentaries of 2025: Where we chose to stand

By RMV Editorial Board Rocky Mountain Voice is young. Two years in, we’re still learning to walk. But the fight was already here when we arrived. What we learned from stepping into it is at the end. 1. HGTV Can’t Save Small Town America. Fort Morgan Proves It.By Drake Hunter Hunter watched a national makeover roll through Fort Morgan, then watched the cameras leave. The takeaway was simple: a town can’t be saved by a storyline. It has to be rebuilt by the people who live there. 2. Now or Never: Colorado Businesses Punished for Renting to ConservativesBy Heidi Ganahl After a brewery hosted conservatives, it became a target. Ganahl showed how political disagreement in Colorado now gets billed. 3. They Built the Budget Bomb. Now Colorado Democra...

Voices From the Frontlines: The 2025 Guest Pieces That Shook Colorado Readers

30Dec

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Voices From the Frontlines: The 2025 Guest Pieces That Shook Colorado Readers

By RMV Editorial Board This list wasn’t shaped by editors or ideology. It took shape because readers kept stopping, reading, and sharing these guest commentaries. After the list, we step back and look at what that pattern tells us—and why it matters going into the new year. 1. Undercover as a 13-year-old, an officer finds what parents fear most By John DiGirolamo, a Christian author and speaker writing about child safety, online exploitation, and human trafficking. What followed was hard to ignore. Ordinary online conversations slid into grooming faster than most parents would expect, and the response made clear how many families are actively trying to understand those risks—more than 10,000 views and tens of thousands of interactions. 2. Tin...

If 2025 Had a Playlist, These Songs Would Be on It

30Dec

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If 2025 Had a Playlist, These Songs Would Be on It

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice This was a year that kept interrupting whatever you thought you were doing. It arrived unevenly. Some moments swallowed entire news cycles. Others barely registered at first, only making sense months later, once the consequences showed up. Most of the arguments about 2025 focused on motives or ideology. The consequences were easier to feel than to argue about. Music, oddly enough, ended up capturing that better than summaries or charts. Not as nostalgia or a clever hook, but as a record. If this year had a playlist, the following songs would be included. We Didn’t Start the Fire — Billy Joel Inflation wasn’t theoretical in 2025. After years of high accumulation, it continued to...

30Dec

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Why Mamdanism Will Not Win Colorado

By Booker Lightman | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in the New York City mayoral election has sparked excitement on the far left and dread on the right. Will Mamdani herald a new age of far-Left ascendancy? Fortunately for Republicans, his victory was contingent on factors specific to New York City that are not present in the rest of the country. Mamdani’s voters were not scattered randomly throughout New York City. They were heavily concentrated in what political analyst Michael Lange calls the “commie corridor,” an area of Northern Brooklyn and Western Queens populated by a peculiar demographic - young, non-black, college-educated, middle-income, often without children, and often employed in the nonprofit sector. These wer...

The RMV stories readers didn’t scroll past in 2025

29Dec

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The RMV stories readers didn’t scroll past in 2025

By RMV Editorial Board This list wasn’t built in a meeting. It formed over time, story by story, as readers decided what was worth stopping for. What follows are the 25 RMV stories that held attention in 2025—and didn’t let go. Looking across the year’s top 25 stories revealed patterns, which we reflect on at the end. 1. School unions gave $11K to Jeffco candidate who admitted to a sealed juvenile sexual offense RMV reported that a Jefferson County school board candidate privately acknowledged a sealed juvenile sexual offense while receiving financial support from education unions. The story documented information voters did not have before ballots were cast and raised questions about disclosure, trust, and institutional accountability in school leade...

Rocky Mountain Voice: Boots on the Ground, Uncovering Colorado’s Hidden Truths

28Dec

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Rocky Mountain Voice: Boots on the Ground, Uncovering Colorado’s Hidden Truths

By Heidi Ganahl | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Rocky Mountain Voice has spent the last two years covering stories that don’t fit neatly into a news cycle. We’ve reported on fraud, government overreach, and policy failures by doing the unglamorous work — pulling records, talking to whistleblowers, and sticking with stories long after other outlets lost interest. Our commitment isn’t just to report. It’s to make sure Coloradans have access to information that challenges the official narrative. Looking back, it’s hard to ignore how much of this would have stayed buried if no one had been willing to stick with it. Take Tina Peters, then Mesa County Clerk, who found herself in the crosshairs after preserving election records. Much of the media responded by framing her a...

Accountability & Encouragement — Growing Strong Together in Prayer

28Dec

By Drake HunterNo Comments

Rocky Mountain Voice, Devotional, Top Stories

Accountability & Encouragement — Growing Strong Together in Prayer

By Pastor Drake Hunter | Commentary, Elevating Life Church Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds… encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. ~ Hebrews 10:24–25 ~ As I write these words, Sherrie and I are again in the hospital, where we've spent the past 22 days experiencing a whirlwind of emotions and events. Each day presents new challenges—tests, treatments, setbacks, and small wins. The breathtaking sunrises over the Rocky Mountains seen from the hospital window serve as a constant reminder of hope. Your prayers have been our foundation during this journey. Your thoughtful messages, encouraging calls, and steadfast support showcase the true spirit of Christian unity in action. Sp...

Lawmakers demand Polis reverse electrification push after shutoffs

26Dec

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Lawmakers demand Polis reverse electrification push after shutoffs

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado lawmakers are pressing Gov. Jared Polis to reverse course on electrification after recent power shutoffs raised fresh concerns about grid reliability and public safety. “We write to express grave concerns over your administration’s aggressive push for statewide unfunded electrification mandates,” the lawmakers wrote in a Dec. 23 letter. “This agenda, driven by crony politics and excused by nonscience climate alarmism, favors select industries at the expense of Colorado families and businesses.” They warn the state’s energy agenda “is economically harmful and endangers lives by further straining an already fragile electric grid.” The letter was signed by Reps. Ken DeGraaf (HD-22), Brandi Bradley (HD-39), Scott Botto...

Good News or Fake News — Love: The News That Changes Everything

25Dec

By Drake HunterNo Comments

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Good News or Fake News — Love: The News That Changes Everything

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Hope taught us patience. Peace showed us strength. Joy revealed how to move forward. Now, as we conclude our Advent Series, we focus on its core: Love. Not the sentimental version. Not the weaponized form. Not the diluted kind sold by culture, commerce, or clicks. Instead, love with meaning. Love with purpose. Love with identity. And once again—because everything depends on this—we revisit the key question of this Advent series: “What is guiding who you are—the Good News or the fake news?” Ultimately, the source you trust will determine how you love. If most pause to consider reality, it ultimately boils down to one concept: LOVE. This is the fulfillment of the genuine story. Fake news diminishes love to mere ...

From question to confrontation: Peters’ legal team forces Colorado courts to choose

24Dec

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From question to confrontation: Peters’ legal team forces Colorado courts to choose

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice One day after the constitutional question facing Colorado courts came into focus, attorneys for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters moved to force an answer. Late Tuesday, Peters’ legal team filed an urgent motion asking the Colorado Court of Appeals to determine whether it still has jurisdiction to proceed at all, given a presidential pardon and what her attorneys argue are unresolved violations of federal election law. The filing marks a shift from explanation to escalation. Yesterday’s reporting centered on the unresolved authority question now hanging over the case. This motion is the defense’s attempt to compel the court to decide it. It follows a Dec. 8 federal court order that declined to resolve Peters’ constitutional cla...

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The top 25 RMV team commentaries of 2025: Where we chose to stand

Voices From the Frontlines: The 2025 Guest Pieces That Shook Colorado Readers

If 2025 Had a Playlist, These Songs Would Be on It

Why Mamdanism Will Not Win Colorado

The RMV stories readers didn’t scroll past in 2025

Rocky Mountain Voice: Boots on the Ground, Uncovering Colorado’s Hidden Truths

Accountability & Encouragement — Growing Strong Together in Prayer

Lawmakers demand Polis reverse electrification push after shutoffs

Good News or Fake News — Love: The News That Changes Everything

From question to confrontation: Peters’ legal team forces Colorado courts to choose

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