Discussion · House of Representatives
Jeff Hurd Republican
“I want to honor Dennis Webb, who is retiring after nearly 20 years as a local environmental reporter for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. His fair reporting helped the people of western Colorado understand complex issues about our land and water.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dennis Webb, who is retiring after nearly 20 years of covering the environment and natural resources for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Out West, public lands are not an abstraction. They shape how people work, ranch, hunt, and live. Dennis helped the people of the Western Slope understand the policies that shaped those lands, from water rights to grazing to wildfires and wildlife management. His reporting earned the respect not only of readers across western Colorado but of legislators and officials in Denver as well as here in Washington, D.C. Good journalism doesn’t tell people what to think. It helps them understand the issues well enough to think for themselves. Dennis did that with clarity, fairness, and a deep understanding of the West. Thoughtful local journalism is increasingly rare, and western Colorado is better because Dennis Webb devoted his career to getting the story right. I wish Dennis a well-earned retirement, and I thank him for his service to readers on the Western Slope.”
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dennis Webb, who is retiring after nearly 20 years of covering the environment and natural resources for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Out West, public lands are not an abstraction. They shape how people work, ranch, hunt, and live. Dennis helped the people of the Western Slope understand the policies that shaped those lands, from water rights to grazing to wildfires and wildlife management. His reporting earned the respect not only of readers across western Colorado but of legislators and officials in Denver as well as here in Washington, D.C. Good journalism doesn’t tell people what to think. It helps them understand the issues well enough to think for themselves. Dennis did that with clarity, fairness, and a deep understanding of the West. Thoughtful local journalism is increasingly rare, and western Colorado is better because Dennis Webb devoted his career to getting the story right. I wish Dennis a well-earned retirement, and I thank him for his service to readers on the Western Slope.