Category: Opinion/Letters

“What the plan doesn’t say – what nobody will say out loud – is that some of the conservation burden is going to have to fall on agriculture…”

The US Department of Agriculture counted 372 farms and ranches in Archuleta County in 2012, generating about $14.2 million worth of livestock sales, and about $1.3 million in crop sales…

By 1920 most of Colorado’s new settlement was over. Fittingly, this year also marks the tipping point of urban migration — since 1920, more Americans have lived in cities and suburbs than in the country….

“Colorado Flag Installation. We’ll create a Colorado Flag installation made of native flowers. Over time, it will dry up revealing a hidden message…”

‘For the Love of Colorado’ is calling it an “awareness campaign,” but what the organization really wants is to convince state residents to pay more for water management and infrastructure all across the state. A lot more…

This past year, CDOT attempted to maintain, repair and plow over 23,000 total lane miles of highway across the state of Colorado, with an annual budget of about $900 million…

The lawsuit approved at the conclusion of the June 18 BOCC meeting concerns a different road. Bristlecone Drive, now sporting a “Private Road – No Trespassing” sign…

“The only part in controversy right now is the 1,400 feet. And that’s what the intent of the motion was to address… because the rest of Bristlecone… has been dedicated to the public…”

Referring to themselves as ‘Resilient Archuleta’, they’ve organized a couple of public meetings to discuss ways in which Archuleta County could be better prepared for natural and economic disasters…

It appears there will be plenty of mud to clean up along the River Walk, once the water drops. (And it will drop, eventually.) And in the meantime, the boaters will have a great time…

We will never know who was pushing this “Emergency Ordinance” because all of the Council debate took place behind closed doors, in executive sessions…

Decibel meters measure sound pressure levels. A decibel meter doesn’t care of the sound pressure is coming from a lawnmower, or an electric guitar, or a coffee grinder, or a crying baby…

Pagosa rock bands have entertained people in Town Park, at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, on Lewis Street under a tent, at the County Fair, on the putting green at the Pagosa Golf Club, and on the football field at Pagosa Springs High School…

We can certainly understand the good intentions behind the Noise Control Act of 1972. Recent advancements in transportation technology had come with a high price, when measured in ‘decibels…’

The fact that other cities and towns may have abused the Urban Renewal Law doesn’t mean that the Town of Pagosa Springs ought to do the same thing…