The official report on the Plumtaw Fire for Tuesday, May 24, showed no growth of the fire’s footprint, and containment at 51%…
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.
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 23
Two basic approaches are being tried to mitigate the conflict between science and common sense…
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 22
While the Pagosa community wonders how things are going in a certain area of the flammable national forest, the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 2 is on the job…
DMV Opening Intermittent Office in Archuleta County, Starting on May 26
Services offered will include first time Colorado Driver License or ID cards; Out-of-State Transfers; Issue and/or Renew Driver License, Permit, or Identification Card; Motor Vehicle Records…
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 21
As the attitudes in the U.S. changed during the 1960s and 1970s, contracts to harvest from the San Juan National Forest became harder to obtain…
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 20
A couple of key types of ‘fuels treatments’ have become popular in the American West, among the folks who believe our forests are currently ‘unhealthy’…
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 19
“The following are prohibited under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on the San Juan National Forest…”
PLUMTAW FIRE: May 18
“But we’re really focused on those areas that we’re going to have best probability of success in the shortest amount of time possible…”
#PlumtawFire Burning on May 17
“The roughly 50-70-acre #PlumtawFire is burning 4.75 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs airport, and is north of Plumtaw Road…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Five
“And I also don’t understand how increasing your rate by almost four times the normal gate rate would help you with your shortage of landfill space…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Four
“One of the big problems is, the landfill in Chama does not accept construction debris. So guess where it all comes? It comes up here…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Three
As a result of these same dynamics, local waste haulers who were collecting ‘recyclables’ separately from other trash began dumping the ‘recyclables’ into the landfill…
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Two
“But, I mean, very realistically, you guys have only a couple years left at that location and then you are out of space and… we’re not really sure where else we’re gonna go…”
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part One
The subject of his presentation was the Archuleta County Landfill, a problematic operation located at 9179 Trujillo Road, about seven miles south of Pagosa Springs…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Six
“You mean, if the planned development is not approved? Yes. It’s zoned residential, so I think basically it would be a whole series of town homes…”
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Five
In a strange sense, we’ve spent $10.4 million subsidizing the conversion of our limited housing stock into mini-motels, to be operated for profit…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Four
For at least a couple of decades, our community has been wearing a government-enforced straightjacket…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Three
Is the efficient use of private property for housing purposes, viewed as a detriment to the community? And if so, why?…
EDITORIAL: Working Competently on Workforce Housing, Part Two
The Town staff was directed to consider the Aspen Village parcels, but also to research other, similar properties with existing streets and infrastructure…