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CPW Lifts Voluntary Fishing Closures for Southwest Colorado

Posted on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Post Contributor

“We know it’s tough to curtail fishing activity, but we also know that anglers know the importance of helping to sustain Colorado’s trout populations…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

MANHATTAN SHORT 2020 Film Festival: You Be the Judge…

Posted on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Post Contributor

Film lovers in Durango will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world from September 24 – October 31 when the 23rd Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Durango Stadium 9 Theatre September 25 – October 1, and the Butch Cassidy Train Car inside the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Museum for four READ MORE

Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Video

LETTER: Cory Gardner, Trump’s Rubber Stamp

Posted on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Post Contributor

Cory Gardner may attempt to campaign as a moderate independent Republican; his voting record in lock-step confirmation of Trump’s cabinet members and judges places him clearly in Trump’s corner…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
San Juan National Forest Clean-up Day This Saturday

San Juan National Forest Clean-up Day This Saturday

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Post Contributor

2020 has been a banner year for our public lands, with increased interest in the outdoors bringing higher visitation… and an unfortunate side-effect: trash…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

San Juan Basin Public Health Launches ‘Protect Our Neighbors’ Dashboard

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Post Contributor

“Getting to the ‘Protect Our Neighbors’ phase is truly a community-wide effort and relies on everyone — our hospitals, healthcare partners, businesses, and local community members…”

Posted in Education/Health

OPINION: Why My Faith Leads Me to Oppose Proposition 115

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Post Contributor

Proposition 115 is a deceptive end-around run by the same politicians and special interest groups that have repeatedly tried and failed to ban abortion more than 10 times in Colorado over the past decade…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Proposition 115 Will Protect the Unborn

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Post Contributor

That is an opportunity for each one of us to make a vote for the precious gift of life for another person. To vote “Yes” on Proposition 115 for babies who have achieved 22 weeks of life in their mother’s womb…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

‘Strict Enforcement’ Threatened at CU Boulder, as COVID-19 Cases Spike

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Post Contributor

Cases of COVID-19 are climbing once again in Colorado, spurred in large part by outbreaks at the University of Colorado Boulder…

Posted in Education/Health

CDOT, CSP Highlighting Seatbelt Use During ‘Child Safety Week’

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Post Contributor

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 59% of car seats are not used correctly, putting millions of children at severe risk of injury or death…

Posted in Education/Health

OPINION: The End of ‘Climate Change’

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Post Contributor

Let’s face it. “Climate change” has outlived its usefulness; it’s time we hold funeral services for the phrase…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
Answers to Your Voting Questions

Answers to Your Voting Questions

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

County clerks automatically will begin mailing ballots to active registered voters on October 9. A voter is considered active if they’ve voted in the most recent general elections…

Posted in News/Politics

Sweeping Federal Protections for Colorado Public Lands?

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

“We have been looking for every opportunity that we can to get this bill across the finish line,” the Lafayette Democrat added…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, News/Politics

Dual Enrollment Expands Opportunities for Colorado Students

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

Participation in Colorado’s dual enrollment programs continue to grow and give students a head start on making a livable wage…

Posted in Education/Health

LETTER: More Thoughts About Capitalism

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

I would like to direct readers to another treatise on ‘capitalism 101’ — a very interesting article wherein financier Ray Dalio distills a complex subject into terms that are understandable…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
GOAL High School Excited to Start the 2020-2021 School Year

GOAL High School Excited to Start the 2020-2021 School Year

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Post Contributor

“In these uncertain times, we cannot let the challenges we are facing with the COVID pandemic interfere with our students’ education…”

Posted in Education/Health

GGP’s ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ Event Runs Today Through Sunday

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Post Contributor

The ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ event starts today, Thursday, September 17 and runs through Sunday, September 20. Tickets are still available….

Posted in Community, Environment/Recreation

LETTER: New COVID Tracking App Trap?

Posted on September 17, 2020September 18, 2020 by Post Contributor

What happens next? Will a happenstance of traded anonymized tokens turn into a government mandated two week quarantine?…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
COVID Exodus Fills Resort Towns With New Medical Pressures

COVID Exodus Fills Resort Towns With New Medical Pressures

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by Post Contributor

“But what we’re seeing now are these second-home owners, people who are coming from other places to spend extended periods of time… and who come with a whole host of other medical issues…”

Posted in Education/Health

RANGER STATION: Miles, the Iguana

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by Post Contributor

I assumed it was an escapee from a visitor, so we had to keep it in case someone reported him missing. But we don’t really have an “iguana section” in our Lost and Found box…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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