Perhaps one of the biggest basketball games in March Madness history wasn’t a finals matchup…
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Two Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Initiatives Qualify for the 2026 Colorado Ballot
“Now that these measures have qualified for the ballot, voters should know what’s at stake…”
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part Two
The question of “infrastructure” pertains very clearly to the proposed Dry Gulch Reservoir…
OPINION: The ‘Each One Reach One’ Strategy for No Kings, March 28
We need our neighbors, our coworkers, distant cousins, childhood friends…
EDITORIAL: Feuding Water Districts Come to a Tentative Agreement, Part One
“We look forward to cooperation between all of the entities to reach a final settlement at which time the outline of terms then agreed to will be discussed in an open public meeting…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Housing Affordability Needs Federal Support
Additional research of mine shows that many younger Americans have come to expect that they won’t ever own a home and won’t save up for one…
OPINION: Our Electric Grid… Our Future…
Energy flow to nearby nodes is favored and more efficient, thus reducing loss from long transmission lines…
LETTER: Shameful Bigotry in Congress
Anti-Muslim racism receives little pushback in our country…
EDITORIAL: Thoughts About the Pagosa Springs Town Election, April 7
Town voters mailed their ballots in modest numbers last November, when they were given the opportunity to create a 1% sales tax…
OPINION: Public Land Grazing is Vital for a Healthy America
The U.S. is losing ranch and farmland to other uses at an incredible rate. Overall, the U.S. is losing about 2,000 acres of farmland daily…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Twelve
Following the closed-door executive session yesterday, the PAWSD Board convened in open session to consider a request for fee waivers…
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Food is Health Infrastructure — from Security to Sovereignity
Can young families stay, farm, cook, and pass knowledge forward?
OPINION: Western Slope is Ready to Move Beyond Political Drama
Meanwhile, my focus remains exactly where it has been for nearly a year: the people of CO-3…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Eleven
This might help explain why the average age in Archuleta County is now 52 years, compared to Colorado as a whole, at about 38 years…
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Ten
“We’re always sold a bill of goods, and the carrot that’s dangled out in front of us is always moved just beyond what we’re able to reach…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Nine
“I believe you said it costs $30,000 a month to rent a single bypass pump? And we have four of them on site?…”
EDITORIAL: The Heartwarming Integrity of Colorado’s Gaming Industry
“Our goal to become a $1 billion lottery is in our sight with this year’s tremendous revenue success…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Survey Finds Colleges More Ideologically-Balanced
“88 percent expressed confidence that their degree or credential will help them get a job after graduation…”
EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Pagosa Style, Part Eight
“Aspen House will be the first fully supportive group home in Archuleta County dedicated to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities…”
