Category: Opinion/Letters

Apparently, the CDC believes it can help the community get access to “25/3” for a small investment of $200,000. Quite an ambitious goal, I’d say…

The County budget for 2019 projects $2.63 million for next year — a 2.3 percent increase in the General Fund’s sales tax collection…

His general idea was to accommodate the Streets Department, the Parks Department and the Geothermal Heating Department in one single facility…

Looking through the proposed budget, we see nearly $600,000 in new and upgraded features for our local parks and trails…

But the engines that once seemed to be driving economic prosperity — tourism and recreation — turned out to have a major defect, once the Great Recession hit…

All the County Commissioners need to do, to help make this happen, is provide the housing authority with a 99-year lease on 2.5 acres…

Commissioner Michael Whiting asked: “Larry, what’s the assumed cost of a facility?”

The first assumption, at the October 9 budget presentation, was that the voters are going to vote ‘NO’ on Ballot Measure 1A…

Why did nearly a third of the Employee respondents report that they were considering leaving Archuleta County?

Quite a few of the PHP survey respondents said they were thinking about leaving…

“So I feel like I bring a pretty broad understanding of what people are looking for in our community….”

The PHP survey suggests that more than half of Archuleta County households are paying more than the recommended 30% on housing…

“It is demand management. It is a controversial topic and we can’t shy away from that. The reduction of consumptive uses is something that is a new thing…”

“A compact call would be devastating in the Upper Basin. It would be total chaos…”