“In midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado just set a record turnout for a state primary. A total of 99% of voters cast a mail ballot, and there were not lengthy lines or wait times…”
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Division of Water Resources Releases Decennial Abandonment List
“The Decennial Abandonment is an important feature of Colorado water law that is beneficial to water users by providing more certainty,” said Kevin Rein, State Engineer…
OPINION: We Must Start Healing the Damage
Mass hysteria over social distancing, staying home to stay healthy, and wearing masks is not how humans have survived for countless generations…
Southwest Colorado Plays It Safe in Wildfire Season
Summertime out on your public lands can be loads of fun if you practice the right safety measures…
LETTER: Saddened by Town Council Treatment of a Volunteer
Truly, we find it very disturbing that Mr. Hudson was personally and publicly attacked during a Council meeting in such a despicable and vile manner…
LETTER: Officials Who Ignore the Facts
I would welcome a Planning Commissioner, or a Town Council member, or the Mayor to actually change their mind occasionally, based on investigation of facts…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Welcomes New State Park Near Trinidad
“CPW staff is committed to meeting the governor’s challenge to open this park by 2021 by accelerating the designing and construction of state parks from a multi-year process down to a single year…”
Archuleta County Fair Board Cancels 2020 Archuleta County Fair
“The restrictions on the number of participants, attendees, volunteers and other staff rendered an impractical situation that would not satisfy the needs of operating a fair for the Archuleta County community…”
Introducing, Colorado Newsline
Editor Young says it’s important for the new site that its journalists “in their personal experience reflect Colorado’s diverse population” and its small initial staff is only a start…
Sand Creek Fire Grows By Six Acres, New Management Team Arrives
Fire growth was minimal towards the retardant lines that were laid down last Sunday. Crews will continue with structure assessment in the Weminuche Valley…
New GOP Poll Shows Support for Clean Energy
The survey also revealed that 72 percent of respondents support the federal government taking steps to reduce emissions of gases like carbon dioxide and methane that contribute to climate change…
LETTER: Let Us Live
Please stop the insanity and let us live! It was an obtuse discussion full of compassion for the younger aged during the present pandemic situation in the United States. The author tried to reason and believes that the young should live and be free and folic without masks or social distancing with play dates galore READ MORE
LETTER: Stop the Insanity
Do you know what hurts the immune system? Fear, isolation, hopelessness, depression, dousing ourselves and kids in disinfectant, making healthy people wear masks, social distancing, no hugs, no smiles…
VIDEO: Senator Bennet Calls for Police Accountability
“We should not have needed a pandemic to expose the injustice that exists in the United States of America. It should not have taken a pandemic to alert people to the injustice in our country…”
OPINION: Where Education Goes From Here
Our state has often led the country in some of the most challenging moments, in part because very few of our lives line up neatly along any set of oversimplified ideological lines…
LETTER: Vote for June E. Marquez
When June considered running for Archuleta County Commissioner I told her “do it!” Although she has never run for public office before I have no doubt she will do an outstanding job…
Law Enforcement Integrity Act Signed Into Law
“Less than four weeks after the tragic murder of George Floyd, Colorado has passed one of the most comprehensive and progressive police accountability laws in the country…”
Sand Creek Fire, East Canyon Fire Updates
The fire is burning in a remote area about 21 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs and has grown to about 50 acres in size…
ESSAY: Remembering and Reclaiming Juneteenth
And for others, it is simply a moment of joy, a celebration of life and survival, a chance to enjoy one another…