That hateful struggle has warped our country. It’s ruined lives and communities…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: The SJWCD Empire Strikes Back, Part Three
Since 2012, when PAWSD removed itself as a potential partner on the project, SJWCD has been searching in vain for a partner to help them build the Dry Gulch Reservoir…
EDITORIAL: The SJWCD Empire Strikes Back, Part Two
The San Juan Water Conservancy District [SJWCD] convened a “public meeting” yesterday, November 7, to discuss the possible sale of the Running Iron Ranch…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Random Observations About the Election
Within 24 hours of merely becoming President-elect, Donald Trump improved the economy…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: What I Learned From Polling Voters in 2024
My Election Day was spent conducting surveys of voters in a mid-sized town in a swing state…
EDITORIAL: The SJWCD Empire Strikes Back, Part One
“SJWCD encourages the public to reach out to board members of both SJWCD and PAWSD about the potential sale of public property…”
LETTER: Proposed Senior Center Partnership with Archuleta County
Recent presentations by the ASI executive director to the BOCC have documented the positive impact ASI provides our aging adult community…
OPINION: Election Research Suggests Coloradans Oppose Trophy Hunting
CPW should first act with due haste to end mountain lion and bobcat hounding and baited trapping…
EDITORIAL: How to Grow a Small Town… Or Not… Part Four
The Pagosa Springs Area Tourism Board and its staff had applied for — and had been awarded — a grant from the Colorado Tourism Office…
OPINION: Why Trump Won the Election
Unfortunately for the media, they can’t stop the American People from using their brains…
OPINION: Democratic Leaders Comment on Passage of Prop. KK
“As federal dollars dwindle, Coloradans made the right choice this evening to step up and help fill the funding gaps…”
EDITORIAL: How to Grow a Small Town… Or Not… Part Three
During the 30 years I’ve lived in Pagosa Springs, our local leaders have generally acted as if our population was going to multiply steadily and abundantly…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Too Big to Fail, Redux?
On the south central plain of Oklahoma is the small town of Lindsay, population (as of the 2020 census) under 3,000…
EDITORIAL: How to Grow a Small Town… Or Not… Part Two
The development of a new subdivision in 2024 has become incredibly expensive, compared to the cost 50 years ago…
EDITORIAL: The Accomplishments of President Donald Trump, Considered
Our federal government was specifically designed to make it hard to royally screw everything up…
LETTER: A Veterinarian’s View of Prop 127
A Yes on 127 vote will also protect Colorado’s magnificent deer and elk herds from the ongoing and accelerating decimation by Chronic Wasting Disease…
EDITORIAL: How to Grow a Small Town… Or Not… Part One
Downtown is a preferred site for trick-or-treating because Pagosa Springs was designed, from the very beginning, to be a walkable town…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: November 5th Can’t Come Soon Enough
“Let’s turn the page, and together we will chart a new and joyful way forward…”
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Anti-Puerto Rican “Joke” Loved By Republicans
One wonders why Vance chose not to defend Puerto Ricans with the same vehemence the way he defended MAGA supporters…