On July 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved 988 as the three-digit abbreviated dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16, 2022. The FCC order requires all telecommunications carriers, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and one-way VoIP providers to make any network changes necessary to ensure that READ MORE
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New Area Code Dialing Requirement Will Facilitate Suicide Dialing Code
In order for 988 to work, customers in many area codes across the country, including 719 and 970 in Colorado, must be transitioned to 10-digit local dialing…
Blood Drive Tomorrow, April 6
Our next Vitalant Blood Drive will be held at Centerpoint Church, 2750 Cornerstone Drive, from 10am to 3pm…
Free Annual Training This Month for Chimney Rock Volunteers
After training, new volunteers will receive extended training with a veteran volunteer at the site until they are comfortable in their new positions…
Colorado Aims at Expansion of Public Lands
“It sounds nice as a slogan, and that’s helpful, but if you look at all the science and the data that’s out there, you can understand the need behind it…”
Durango’s COVID ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
“You can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a Texan,” explained Scott Perez, the man in the marshal get-up…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Partners with Colorado Youth Corps Association
“As we monitor how human use and natural disasters impact our outdoor spaces, we have an obligation to work together to protect our trails so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come…”
LETTER: Considering Pagosa Wages
Last year I was working for a local businessman and when my check was handed to me, he said that the governing body that we work under stated that a certain wage was required…
OPINION: ‘American Jobs Plan’ to Include Civilian Conservation Corps Funding
“This plan will jumpstart our economy, by putting millions of Americans back to work addressing our nation’s infrastructure needs, and making needed changes to our energy grid…”
Feds Allow Reduced Testing in Colorado Schools
“The last thing students need is to have the brakes slammed on learning, to accommodate several weeks of standardized testing….”
Input Needed on Local Watershed Planning Effort, Today via Zoom
We need input from all water users on whether we have identified the issues and needs of the watersheds as you are experiencing them in your backyards and community…
USDA Investment Will Improve National Forest, Grassland Infrastructure
“From modernizing campground to improving roads and enhancing trails, this investment will provide a much-needed boost to Colorado’s outdoor economy…”
HMPRESENTLY: Oldies But Goodies
‘Pickle.’ That’s another oldie but goodie when, rather than saying someone’s in a real bind, one says ‘What a pickle’ someone’s in!
OPINION: Environmental Groups Address Colorado’s Air Pollution Control
The joint comment applauds the APCD for its work in creating the 2021 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, while highlighting several critical opportunities…
Aid-In-Dying Bills Gain Momentum in the US
For decades, he’d lived in Montana, which they’d thought was one of the few places where terminally ill people could get a prescription to end their life…
Training for Volunteer Naturalists Offered This Saturday, April 3
This new program, co-sponsored by the Weminuche Audubon Society and Pagosa Wetland Partners, is free and open to all…
Coloradans Over 16 Years Eligible for Vaccine on April 2
“We’re looking forward to getting more of our community vaccinated; however, at this time less than one-third of our community is fully protected…”
VIDEO: Elevating the Visibility of Native and Indigenous Stories
KSUT Tribal Radio and Rocky Mountain PBS have collaborated to launch a collaborative media storytelling project that offers a platform to Native and Indigenous voices…
ESSAY: I Cried in Front of My Teenage Students — with the Camera On
Similar to many of my teenage students, I feel trapped in my apartment, tethered to an online school bell…