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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part Two

Posted on July 9, 2021July 12, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“The Town and County have expressed a consistent interest in housing options in our community, especially those that can serve our workforce. So we will be bringing forward a strategic plan…”

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EDITORIAL: What Do We Do Now? Part One

Posted on July 8, 2021July 9, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Given the massive influx of tourists last summer, and this summer, I might have expected at least some of the business owners to be in a good mood…

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EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part Two

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“So it’s challenging to deal with that. Healthcare as a system — in terms of reimbursement — is sort of a broken system, for our country…”

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EDITORIAL: This is Your Brain, Feeling Thirsty

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by Bill Hudson

The drought emergency is declared for the following counties experiencing severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought conditions…

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OPINION: Why Did You Kill My Brother?

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by Robert Koehler

The more I ponder this question — “why?” — the larger it grows. Whatever justice is, I believe it begins here…

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EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Medical Center Looks Ahead, Part One

Posted on July 5, 2021August 17, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“We are happy to report that despite the pandemic, PSMC is financially stable and beginning to change its focus from a public health crisis response to a renewed focus on continued growth…”

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EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists... Or Was I Imagining Things?

EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists… Or Was I Imagining Things?

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Pagosa’s hospitality sector employs about 349 people… out of a total employed workforce of about 6,862…

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EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Three

Posted on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 by Bill Hudson

“So, are we trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist?…”

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HMPRESENTLY: Communists… Really?

Posted on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 by Harvey Radin

Going by the scowling index — if there’s such a thing — who’s who, and what’s what?

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EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part Two

Posted on July 1, 2021July 2, 2021 by Bill Hudson

How about those parking solutions?  Do we want more parking? And even more importantly, do we want to pay for it?…

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EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part One

EDITORIAL: The Parking Problem, Part One

Posted on June 30, 2021September 3, 2021 by Bill Hudson

How many of the respondents were developers, who would end up paying this fee? In fact, who were the respondents?…

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LETTER: The Unexpected Benefits of Working from Home

Posted on June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

Was a virus created in the lab and deliberately leaked into the local wet markets for experimentation on the people of Wuhan?

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EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part Two

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Bill Hudson

According to reporter MacFarquhar, a survey of almost 200 police departments indicated that retirements were up 45 percent, and resignations rose by 18 percent between April 2020 and April 2021…

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EDITORIAL: The Elusive 'Facts' Around Vacation Rentals

EDITORIAL: The Elusive ‘Facts’ Around Vacation Rentals

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Increased computational powers have made it easier to generate “data”… but the main “data” that we have for Pagosa is median home prices, and median rental prices…

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OPINION: Nationalism on the Decline

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Lawrence Wittner

As the nationalist tide has receded, governments have turned to reviving the international institutions and agreements battered during the previous years…

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EDITORIAL: The Joy and Pain of Quitting, Part One

Posted on June 28, 2021June 29, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Currently, we don’t have a Taco Bell in Pagosa Springs, so we shouldn’t expect to see anyone here jumping into a kitchen sink, on their last day on the job…

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EDITORIAL: Rising Price of Water as Reservoirs Run Dry? Part Two

Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 by Bill Hudson

Water wasn’t always a concern in Colorado. Or so the geologists tell us…

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HMPRESENTLY: A Certain Rhythm To It

Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 by Harvey Radin

And if you miss a beat, you’ll be all too aware, when the media report what you’ve had to say, in response to reporters’ questions…

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EDITORIAL: Rising Price of Water as Reservoirs Run Dry? Part One

Posted on June 24, 2021June 25, 2021 by Bill Hudson

A drought plan drafted in 2019 calls for water releases from Navajo Lake, Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Blue Mesa Reservoir into Lake Powell…

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