Gardening guru Ron Chacey will present an in-depth presentation on dealing with and developing microclimates, best practices for vegetables that thrive in each microclimate, and his suggestions for the best regional vegetable varieties…
Category: Education/Health
SJBPH, Axis Health Partner to Provide Free COVID-19 Community Testing
“Diagnostic testing is the cornerstone of controlling the spread of the disease and a key factor in keeping communities safe and healthy,” she said…
Colorado Emergency Rooms Remain Mostly Quiet
”We believe a key reason for a continued 30% decline in patients is the fear of contracting COVID-19 in a health care setting,” stated Dr. Jennifer Rupp, infectious disease physician…
PANDEMIC TOLL: The Disappearance of Public School Jobs
“Without sufficient staffing, we cannot safely reopen schools and get parents back to work — which will in turn hamper economic recovery,” Gould said…
Governor Polis Announces $44 Million for Education
The State of Colorado is pursuing research funding that will allow projects to be evaluated and to inform future efforts to address learning gaps for high-needs students…
More Than 800 Volunteers to Join Colorado COVID Effort
This week, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will mobilize more than 800 AmeriCorps and Senior Corps READ MORE
Elks Lodge Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients
The scholarship committee of BPOE No. 507 congratulates all 2020 graduating seniors and invites upcoming 2021 seniors to apply online for the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship Contest…
EDITORIAL: Dying Alone in a Nursing Home, Part Two
In an article on the FREOPP.org website, reporter Gregg Girvan referred to the nursing home crisis as the “most underappreciated aspect of the novel coronavirus pandemic…”
EDITORIAL: A Season of Educational Confusion, Part Three
“In some of your schools, it might be that almost everybody needs to be back, because they’re working parents, they’re single parents; they need the schools…”
Senator Bennet Discusses RESTART Act with Business Owners
“We have yet to receive a PPP… We applied at the beginning when we were all let loose to do so. It is very tough…”
EDITORIAL: Dying Alone in a Nursing Home, Part One
CMS — the federal bureaucracy that certifies nursing homes and writes the checks — has forbidden family members from visiting… certainly a cause for depression and feelings of abandonment…
Pagosa Peak Open School Receives ‘Colorado Health Foundation’ Donation
“Charter Schools, by the nature of their geographic placement in Colorado, often lack equitable access to needed resources…”
COVID-19 ‘Antibody Tests’ Causing Confusion
“To give people a false sense of security has a lot of danger right now,” said Dr. Travis Riddell, the health officer for Teton County, which includes Jackson, Wyoming…
EDITORIAL: A Season of Educational Confusion, Part One
This past Tuesday, May 26, members of the news media were invited to listen to a Zoom presentation by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), featuring Colorado Education Commissioner Katy Anthes…
Discussing a ‘National Health Force’ with Senator Bennet
The Health Force is inspired by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps, which similarly tapped the unemployed to help the nation recover from a sharp economic downturn…
EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Mysterious Death Statistics, Part Three
My young granddaughters and I took a stroll through Pagosa’s Hilltop cemetery on Memorial Day. We don’t have any family members buried there, but we recognized some familiar names…
EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Mysterious Death Statistics, Part Two
I think of my dear mother, one of the sweetest people you could ever hope to meet, who passed away a few years ago at the ripe old age of 92…
EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Mysterious Death Statistics, Part One
A new disease, COVID-19, has appeared in the statistical records, and has passed up heart disease as a reported cause of death. But something else equally dramatic has taken place…
LETTER: Americans Losing Their Health Insurance
What’s the best way to cover the millions of Americans who are losing their insurance every week? The answer is hiding in plain sight…