A herd of cattle that have devastated the landscape east of Fall Creek on the south side of Copco Road in California…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The Peaceful Transfer of Power, Part One
The Archuleta County Public Health Department Transitional Advisory Committee will meet this morning at 9am, at the County Administration Building…
LETTER: A Fun Way to Support a Local Author
Are you aware that one of your fellow Pagosans is involved in a fun competition to help raise money for our very own Pagosa Library expansion?
HMPRESENTLY: That ‘Effing’ Word…
Fantasies can be really enticing, except when realities come barging in…
EDITORIAL: Designing a Healthy Public Health Department
But is our nation’s health care sector really facing a massive shortage of health care professionals?
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Six
“One of the biggest thing that will impact that aging demographic, are services and amenities that will allow them to ‘age in place’…”
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Five
“So for a single adult, to live here, just meeting their needs, would need to make about $39,700 a year. When you add children to the mix, it jumps substantially…”
OPINION: Breaking the Dairy Industry Monopoly in the Public Schools
But there’s one big hitch: a high percentage of the kids getting nutrition assistance — perhaps even a majority — suffer from lactose intolerance…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Four
As I mentioned before, I was personally very disappointed by this breakdown…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Three
There’s more than one way to skin a cat… but municipal governments don’t always choose the sharpest knife…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Atheists at a Prayer Vigil
There is something fundamentally wrong with a legal system that would allow such a lawsuit to even be considered in the first place…
LETTER: Appreciation for Secretary Haaland, for Changing Federal Place Names
By removing offensive place names, we are creating a more inclusive and respectful community…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part Two
“During the Study period, Pagosa Springs has experienced an increase in vacation home stock, declining permanent resident occupancy, rising rents and home prices…”
HMPRESENTLY: Suddenly Cyclonic
We’d never felt the force of nature, quite like that bomb cyclone… it just kept going, whipping big trees all around, and dumping torrential rain…
OPINION: Blowing Out the Candles, on Iraq
Indeed, as I wander in the desert of political abstraction, I find my belief in and connection to journalism — to writing itself — starting to disintegrate…
EDITORIAL: Big Spenders at Town Hall? Part One
“On February 27, 2023 the Town Council directed staff to negotiate the purchase of 3.46 acres of vacant land located at the SE corner of the intersection of the San Juan River and Hwy 160…”
BIG PIVOTS: Water Challenges on the Republican River
Climate scientists issue their latest, stern warning while farmers in Colorado’s Republican River Basin grapple with how to be sustainable…
EDITORIAL: Different Perspectives on Pagosa’s Water Future, Part Four
I suppose we can understand the attraction of hamster wheels. Hamsters just like to run, and they don’t really care whether they are getting anywhere…