Category: Opinion/Letters

The “call” in question, on August 2, came from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, perhaps the largest water-related organization in the state…

While the men — the sons and fathers — assembled the barn, the sisters and mothers worked in tandem to prepare a delicious lunch and dinner for everyone to share…

“So, for one thing, we can’t even meet the minimum square footage required, and that doesn’t even take into account the need for a garage…”

So the units Steve and Jen are building are “legal.” At least, they’re legal here in downtown…

Every Colorado county is required to have a jail, under state law. But the law doesn’t specify any particular size of jail…

“And Brad said to me, ‘A 54-bed jail, you can build that for $10 or $11 million. You couldn’t build the office part, but you could build that jail…'”

“The old jail at 34 beds is too small… In 2018, the average daily number of Archuleta County prisoners has been 23, which is near capacity…”

“The thing that I’m worried about is that, if we’re spending County money, and the County says, ‘You’re not part of the County government; you’ve been disbanded’…

Mr. Vihel explained to the Town Council members that, in the opinion of his committee, the 54-bed jail originally proposed in 2017 is still the very best plan for 2018….

Some things, we can count on… to happen year after year…

The actual ballot language that county voters considered last November did not promise anything about the design, size, or actual cost…

The most recent Archuleta County tax increase approved by the voters was an increase in the property tax, in 2006…

“The investigation of a death by the Coroner’s Office… is done by an independent agency who does not work for the law enforcement agency…”

“We made our recommendations [to the BOCC] but we never received any feedback, that the Board has publicly committed to build a jail…”