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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part Three

EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part Three

Posted on February 11, 2026February 12, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Something that’s impossible to predict accurately: how a community will grow, or not grow.  Not only “how much it will grow” but also “in what ways it will grow”…

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OPINION: Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy

OPINION: Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy

Posted on February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 by Post Contributor

Under the U.S. Constitution, our decentralized structure is a guardrail, making it harder for any one person or party to seize control of the process nationwide…

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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Those Who Portray Other People As Animals

Posted on February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 by John Tures

Condemnations of the video by Republicans and Democrats… show we’re smart enough to figure out this is wrong…

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EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part Two

EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part Two

Posted on February 10, 2026February 11, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Please forgive me if I express some skepticism about the upcoming February 17 event…

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EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part One

EDITORIAL: A New and Improved Community Plan for Archuleta County? Part One

Posted on February 9, 2026February 10, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Those legislative concerns resulted in Senate Bill 24-174… a 45-page law that you can download here…

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LETTER: School District Should Heed Community Voices

Posted on February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 by Post Contributor

What many of these comments had in common was a belief that schools are more than buildings…

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EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Five

EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Five

Posted on February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 by Bill Hudson

What might be the outcome of such a mediation effort?…

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BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Community Health Built Under Siege

BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Community Health Built Under Siege

Posted on February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 by Rosa D. Chávez

When communities are denied safety, they do not wait for permission to survive…

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EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Four

EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Four

Posted on February 5, 2026February 6, 2026 by Bill Hudson

At last, the partner that SJWCD had been lacking for over 10 years, seemed to have arrived…

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EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Three

EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Three

Posted on February 4, 2026February 5, 2026 by Bill Hudson

We could hope and pray that it’s not too early to ask that question — about the proper size for a reservoir…

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OPINION: When Evidence Becomes the Enemy

Posted on February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 by Terry Hansen

We owe a debt of thanks to those who document, protest, and refuse to look away…

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EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Two

EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part Two

Posted on February 3, 2026February 4, 2026 by Bill Hudson

We certainly cannot question the need for water. A human being can last only about three days without water….

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EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part One

EDITORIAL: San Juan Water Conservancy District Considers a Reservoir, Part One

Posted on February 2, 2026February 3, 2026 by Bill Hudson

People in Pagosa have begun making comments about a possible water shortage this summer…

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STRONG TOWNS: An Executive Order Aimed at the Housing Crisis?

STRONG TOWNS: An Executive Order Aimed at the Housing Crisis?

Posted on February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 by Charles Marohn

Last week, the White House issued an executive order declaring that large institutional investors should not be competing with families for starter homes…

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EDITORIAL: Time to Head for the Hills?

EDITORIAL: Time to Head for the Hills?

Posted on January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Given that kind of life in the city, who wouldn’t want to escape, and settle in Vermont?

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OPINION: The ICE Freeze, and the Inevitable Thaw

Posted on January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 by Post Contributor

What Minneapolis reveals about dehumanization, protest, and the limits of force…

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EDITORIAL: The Best Education, at the Best Price, Part Four

EDITORIAL: The Best Education, at the Best Price, Part Four

Posted on January 29, 2026January 29, 2026 by Bill Hudson

From what I can tell, this Performance Rating — 73.3% — is one of the highest ratings given to any rural middle school in Colorado…

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EDITORIAL: The Best Education, at the Best Price, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The Best Education, at the Best Price, Part Three

Posted on January 28, 2026January 29, 2026 by Bill Hudson

Based on extensive evidence from numerous studies, we know about two key factors that produce better academic and social outcomes in schools…

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OPINION: Board of Peace, Board of Trump

OPINION: Board of Peace, Board of Trump

Posted on January 28, 2026January 28, 2026 by Alon Ben-Meir

At a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump unveiled his newly formed Board of Peace…

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