If we reach that stage due to declining reservoir levels or reduced stream flows, PAWSD will start prohibiting daytime landscape watering…
Author: Bill Hudson
Bill Hudson began sharing his opinions in the Pagosa Daily Post in 2004 and can't seem to break the habit. He claims that, in Pagosa Springs, opinions are like pickup trucks: everybody has one.
EDITORIAL: The High Cost of Less Water, Part One
According to my pocket calculator, PAWSD has theoretical diversion rights equal to about 10 times the amount of water they need, per year. In a good year…
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part Two
“Is it the job of the Town Council to forever provide taxpayer subsidies to this one private corporation?…”
EDITORIAL: Special Treatment, Part One
But what, exactly, is the relationship between the private corporation known as the “Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership” and the taxpayers of Pagosa Springs?
Fast-Moving Wildfire Near Durango Prompts Evacuations
Approximately 825 residences had been evacuated by evening; 750 residences were under pre-evacuation notices…
Town Election Adds Term Limits, Eliminates Districts
The Town of Pagosa Springs (unofficially) finalized its mail-ballot election on Tuesday, April 3 and the town’s voters elected two Council members — write-in candidates Clint Alley and Matt DeGuise — and re-elected their incumbent mayor, Don Volger, all to four-year terms. Clint Alley will retain the seat to which he was appointed last May; READ MORE
CORRECTION: Town Council Meeting to be Held on Wednesday, Apr. 4
Yesterday in my Editor’s Note, I mistakenly referred to the Pagosa Springs Town Council meeting as being scheduled on Tuesday (today) April 3…
ESSAY: A Love Story
It was an arranged marriage. I hardly knew her, and I didn’t particularly like her. She was something of a compromise. Most certainly, it was not ‘love at first sight’…
Pagosa’s Charter School Receives Music Education Grant
We received 1,122 inquiries… and ultimately were able to fund only 16 grants totaling $137,400. Pagosa Peak Open School was one of those select few successful applicants…
VIDEO: Sen. Gardner Reacts to Session’s Marijuana Memo
“Reports that the Justice Department will rescind their current policy on legal marijuana enforcement are extremely alarming…”
School Board Cancels Tonight’s Special Meeting
The meeting was planned to allow the School Board to appoint a new person to the Board seat vacated recently by Lisl Keuning…
ESSAY: Merry Christmas
Our cute (fake) Christmas tree is hung with ornaments collected over many years, and a small collection of gifts sits under the tree…
PHOTO ESSAY: A Big Chunk of Concrete
Our plumber showed the video evidence to PSSGID manager Gene Tautges, and got the Town’s approval to dig up the entire line…
Charter School Board Releases Executive Session Recording
As Board President Ursala Hudson noted at last night’s special meeting, she agreed with the SUN’s assertion…
Charter School Board Plans Special Meeting Tonight
Pagosa Peak Open School was founded partly upon the idea that a small, intimate school size would provide a superior education for families…
ELECTION RESULTS: November 7, 2017
As we see in the unofficial results, Ballot Issue 1A was rejected by a small margin…
City of Durango Posts ‘Affordable Housing’ Plan
“Prices will continue to escalate, and are likely to continue to accelerate faster than income growth, with significant implications…”
Town Council Denies Alpha Annexations… for the Moment
“For the Town to annex it, it has to be desirable. But they are not desirable unless they have the proposed buildings on them…”
ESSAY: Ribbon-Cutting at Pagosa Peak Open School
“During the process, you likely realize that you took too many risks and turned many wrong corners… and you backtrack. You try something different. And you innovate….”