“This, when coupled with the La Niña forecast for the coming winter, suggests the ongoing Southwestern U.S. drought will very likely last well into 2022…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
OPINION: Conservation Groups File Suit to Prevent Oil & Gas Leasing
“It’s appalling that the Interior Department plans to allow more climate-destroying oil and gas extraction when it has broad legal authority not to lease these public lands…”
EDITORIAL: A Drought is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Part One
“Drought conditions will improve when water supply from precipitation increases, water demand from high temperatures decreases, or some combination thereof occurs…”
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Four
I wonder if anyone is keeping track of how many locals use the San Juan River for recreation? Compared to tourist use, for example?
OPINION: My Response to Critics of the Enhanced Child Tax Credit
Over the past 50 years, nine out of ten Americans have struggled as their incomes remained flat, while their costs of housing, health care, child care, and higher education have skyrocketed…
OPINION: Confronting the Challenges Facing Undocumented Students
“What will happen to me if immigration reform doesn’t pass when I graduate this May (2022)? I don’t have a social security number…”
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Three
“The success and relevance of stream management planning efforts are highly dependent on stakeholder engagement…”
HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About Their Better Angels
“So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed….”
LETTER: COVID Vaccinations vs Hospitalizations
To me, it is a shame that San Juan Basin Public health no longer reports local hospitalizations for COVID…
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part Two
“We bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon…”
EDITORIAL: The Preservation of Aquatic Life in Archuleta County, Part One
On any warm summer day, you can watch dozens of tubers drift past Town Park, under the Hot Springs Boulevard bridge, and past the geothermally-heated soaking pools at the Springs Resort…
EDITORIAL: Response to a Reader’s Email Questions About COVID
You mentioned that you’ve “not been sick” since you moved to Pagosa six years ago. Congratulations on that…
OPINION: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, and Beyond
So a crucial question that accompanies the Afghan women’s protests is this: How can the rest of the world support it?
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Five
La Plata Election Association (LPEA) staff hosted their Customer Appreciation Lunch at their downtown service center… with live music by the talented Tim Sullivan. The dance floor was open…
OPINION: Disturbing News About Rep. Lauren Boebert
It’s no coincidence Lauren Boebert and her husband became flush with cash as soon as she ran for and got elected to Congress…
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Four
In my experience, it’s always easier to get a new tax approved, when the tax will be paid by someone other than the folks voting to approve it…
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Three
The commissioners allocated $280,000 to build a covered walkway connecting the County’s new $15 million jail to their new $6 million courthouse…
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Two
But as we know, the regulation and subjugation and restraint is often practiced on an ‘unequal’ playing field…
OPINION: A Reminder of Our Hollowed-Out Democracy
According to a number of recent polls, more than two-thirds of Americans (69 percent of likely voters) favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants…