SpaceX launched Starship, the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket, for the first time yesterday, April 20…
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: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part One
The afternoon work session was open to the public, and was led by local consultants Natasha Bruss and Ashley Wilson…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Four
This is only a small part of the whole story, however… if we’re talking about how dangerous America is, for young people…
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Three
Ms. Miller also wondered if law enforcement would “show up, if there were an issue?” Chief Rockensock replied, “Absolutely… anyone we have, is going to be coming…”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part Two
“We dedicate a considerable amount of resources and effort and time, to make sure your kiddos have individual teachers who connect with them…”
EDITORIAL: Pagosa School Threats, Explained, Part One
“But that was something that just shook our world. Columbine shook our world. And out of Columbine came a lot of protocols…”
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Four
The other day at the Ruby Sisson Library, I found one of my favorite books on the “Free Books” shelf by the front door…
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part Three
The new Public Health Department’s primary water quality responsibility will involve individual On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems…
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part Two
The two boards discussed, for example, the resolution that had appeared on the BOCC’s April 4 agenda…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Three
We understand what educators generally mean when they talk about ‘succeeding in school’…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Coroner, Brandon Bishop, Resigns
“I think it’s also important, working in this realm, it’s a total disservice if we do not give preference to an applicant that has recent experience…”
EDITORIAL: Some Confusion Around Public Health, Part One
In connection with that question, we have certain services that a county public health department is required to provide, according to Colorado law…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part Two
All three early childhood centers are advertising ‘Financial assistance options available’…
EDITORIAL: Solving Pagosa’s Child Care Shortage, Part One
This landmark program is estimated to save Colorado parents an average of $6,000 a year, by subsidizing up to 15 hours per week of preschool tuition…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Five
Hoarding is a fascinating aspect of human character, not exclusive to any particular sex; hoarders can be men, or women. Or people in a gender transition..
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Four
Simone de Beauvoir’s book was written near the end of World War II, during which a considerable amount of violence was on display…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Thinks Twice About a Real Estate Purchase
“I don’t believe the cost for this property is going to be only the $1.25 million…”
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Three
Mme. de Beauvoir attended a Catholic school as a child, but came to reject Christianity in her teens, and lived out the rest of her life as an atheist…
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part Two
I probably ought to shift gears, and report on that meeting, considering what might happen today at the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners meeting…