The shift in isolation and quarantine guidance comes amid a statewide surge of COVID cases due to the omicron variant, which is highly contagious but appears to cause milder illness than do other variants…
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Student Success and Workforce Revitalization Task Force Releases Its Report
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create transformational change in our higher education system that gives our students the best opportunity to succeed….”
Cub Scouts Deliver Truckload of Help From Pagosa to Kentucky Tornado Victims, Part One
Donations came full-throated from nearly every store or locale in our town that was petitioned — and were, as a rule, given with only an excitement over being able to help, and thankfulness for being given the chance…
Democratic Lawmakers Plan to Address Education, High Cost of Living
It’s getting more expensive to live in Colorado, a fact that Republicans are counting on to help them in a midterm election year…
LETTER: The Wrong Expenditure of Federal Money
I was sad to learn the Biden administration plans to spend $1 billion to increase the nation’s slaughter capacity…
Film Documents Effort to Save San Juan Cutthroat During Wildfire
“This film shares just one example, albeit a particularly epic one, of the many, many landowners and managers dedicated to the future of biodiversity…”
Apply Now for SCAPE 2022 Accelerator Program
To date, SCAPE has launched 43 companies which have raised $27 million in capital contributing to the creation of 200 local jobs…
Texas Charter School Gets Caught Up in ‘Critical Race Theory’ Fight
This story by Matt Barnum appeared on Chalkbeat.org on January 6, 2022. A planned San Antonio charter school was on the verge of winning final approval from the Texas Education Agency last August when a final set of requests arrived. Among them: The school needed to scrub its website and application of a quote by READ MORE
‘Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force’ Finalizes Draft Report
The Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force is charged with making recommendations on policies that will make housing in Colorado more affordable…
Ska Fabricating Acquires GR-X Manufacturing
“Ska Fabricating’s roots lie in the craft beer market, and we’ve quickly grown from that foundation into other rigid packaging and can decorating lines…”
Mark Your Calendars for WinterFest Activities 2022
The snow is here… more is expected… and we’re now ready for WinterFest! This event will take place over the weekend of January 21-23…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Future of Flight, and Pork Fat
Earlier this month, United Airlines modified a Boeing 373 MAX… and flew it on a 600-mile trip from Chicago to Washington DC with a payload of (non-paying) passengers, presumably to catch the attention of politicians…
Colorado Schools Open Doors Amid COVID Concerns
This story by Erica Meltzer and Ann Schimke appeared on Chalkbeat Colorado on January 4, 2022. Most Colorado school districts are bringing students back to the classroom this week as scheduled, even as the state reports a record number of COVID cases. They’re also bracing for staffing shortages and asking families to be flexible, patient, READ MORE
Bureau of Land Management Takes Next Steps to Protect Chaco Canyon
The proposed withdrawal of federal lands within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Culture National Historical Park would bar new federal oil and gas leasing on those lands…
New Colorado Database Will Allow Access to Police Information
The public database is required under the law enforcement accountability legislation, which was enacted by the Colorado General Assembly in 2020 and 2021…
Storms Deliver Epic Powder at Wolf Creek Ski Area
The snow is settling nicely, giving us a snow depth of 124″ at the summit and 110″ at the midway…
Pagosa Nordic Club Ski Clinics Start January 9
These are great clinic for never-evers, beginners and intermediates. Learn how to make these outdoor winter activities even more enjoyable…
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Celebrates 125 Years of Wildlife Conservation
CPW has grown from that one-man operation in 1877 into a dynamic agency of 900 or so wildlife officers, park rangers, aquatic and terrestrial biologists and researchers…
Great Decisions Program Kicks Off 2022 with ‘Russia’ Discussion
Great Decisions meets every other week thereafter, for a total of nine sessions, usually on Tuesdays, from 11:45am to 1:45pm…