For 22 years, past commissioners have not had the cojones to fully follow a reasonable road policy…
Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs, Part Two
“The way Mission Health handled the whole thing felt predatory,” Crago recalled, noting that when she balked at the $9,000 figure…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Dr. Fauci Pleads the Fifth
It seems that a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Dr. Rand Paul, had released 1,100 unredacted pages from Dr. Fauci’s professional diary…
Lake Mead Hits Record Low Water Level, August 2026
Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone?
Voting Now Open for Seeds Fundraiser ‘Hometown Voices & Nashville Stories’
Contestants Darcy DeGuise, Annita and Wim Bens, Shellie Dolan, Leela Simpson, Stetson and Cia Adkisson, and Dawn Siggett are donating their time and talents…
Archuleta School District to Present ‘SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition’
In addition to its heartwarming, relevant message, “The SpongeBob Musical” features an eclectic soundtrack written by an extraordinary lineup of legendary musical artists…
HEALTHY ARCHULETA: 10-Week Child-Parent Relationship Therapy Program
The 10-week program is aimed at strengthening connection, trust, and confidence between parents and their children…
Conservative Group’s ‘Right to Natural Gas’ Initiative Makes Colorado Ballot
“Initiative 177’s real purpose is to ban and overturn the rules that protect our health and safety from corporate polluters…”
OPINION: A Drought in Ranching Opportunities in the American West
We don’t have a shortage of people willing to work. We have a shortage of opportunities for them to get started…
ESSAY: ‘The Blanket’ by Mike Lasusa
Another recent story titled, “Would raising taxes on high incomes hurt Colorado’s economy?” tackles a potential ballot measure for a graduated income tax…
‘Runway for Rise’ Fundraiser Coming in October
All funds raised through Runway for Rise are tax-deductible and support Rise Above Violence in its mission to create lasting community change…
Tonight’s ‘Fiddler’ Show at PSCA to Benefit Aspen House
100 percent of ticket sales from tonight’s performance will be going directly to the Aspen House effort…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Hints at Plans to Discontinue Road Maintenance, Part Two
In 1998, Archuleta County entered into an agreement with 12 Pagosa Lakes subdivisions, guaranteeing road maintenance for five years…
Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs, Part One
Several states have sought to curb healthcare monopolies…
These Colorado Ranchers Want Fossil Fuel Companies Held Accountable
The county is not seeking to regulate emissions or fossil fuel production. It only wants the fossil fuel companies to help pay for harms…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Enjoying the Warmth
The oil painting shared above is titled ‘Coalbrookdale by Night’, as rendered by British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1801….
OPINION: Colorado’s Lax Regulations Result in Death of Another Reintroduced Wolf
“Colorado has an opportunity to demonstrate that our vision of restoring the wild, of restoring wolves, to our state is in fact attainable…”
RIO BLANCO FIRE UPDATE: August 11
Firefighters on the Rio Blanco Fire continue to make big strides on mopping up and containment, now at 91 percent…
ESSAY: The Ideological Closure of Capitalism
“We’re not so very different, you and I. We’ve both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another’s systems…”