The most highly ranked funding source, among the respondents, appears to be “Increase in Lodging Tax”…
Category: Opinion/Letters
LETTER: ‘SolidGround Solutions’ Editorial
“…There’s also little doubt that that an ever-expanding tourism industry is one of the key causes of the housing crisis…”
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About the South Conference Room, Part One
If new facilities or programs were developed, about 75% of the respondents felt that the costs ought to be funded either mostly or 100% through user fees…
OPINION: Coloradans Need Protection from Counterfeit Weight Loss Drugs
With obesity impacting more than 24% of adults in the state, increasing access to FDA-approved weight loss drugs keeps Coloradans safe and healthy…
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About the ‘Christmas Box’
Maybe that’s how most family traditions get started? Someone’s goofy idea?
EDITORIAL: ‘SolidGround Solutions’ Hoping to Purchase Pagosa Springs Apartments
Individuals in those low-wage industries — retail, accommodations, entertainment, recreation — cannot easily afford $1,330 a month…
OPINION: A Darkening Federal Presence Disfigures the Character of Colorado
The plan to dismantle NCAR is the latest abuse of federal resources located in the state…
EDITORIAL: The Continuing ‘Dry Gulch’ Troubles, Part Four
What are the issues that “good faith discussions” might resolve, between these two taxpayer-funded districts?
OPINION: Our National Parks, For Sale to the Highest Bidder?
With this amendment, Mike Lee is telling President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that even our national parks can be sold…
EDITORIAL: The Continuing ‘Dry Gulch’ Troubles, Part Three
Ensuring sufficient water supplies in the American West has been, historically, a challenge. The average annual rainfall in Colorado, for example, is around 17 inches…
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: Community Health Beyond Silos
The future of community health is already here — rooted in culture, relationship, harm reduction, and collective responsibility…
EDITORIAL: The Continuing ‘Dry Gulch’ Troubles, Part Two
There are couple of interesting aspects to this unpleasant and expensive conflict that we might want to consider…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Would an Assault Weapons Ban Reduce Gun Deaths?
His research showed that not a single state with an assault weapons ban had an above average gun death rate…
OPINION: Destructive Use of the Presidential Pardon
Sadly, we have not yet seen the end of Trump’s barrage of arbitrary and destructive pardons, nor his domestic and foreign mischiefs…
EDITORIAL: The Continuing ‘Dry Gulch’ Troubles, Part One
One shared possession — a 660-acre ranch just north of downtown Pagosa Springs, in the Dry Gulch Valley — remains a potent point of contention…
OPINION: What Data Centers Really Mean for Colorado’s Future
If we get this right, Colorado can be a national leader in responsible AI infrastructure…
OPINION: A Presidential Pardon of Tina Peters may be Constitutional
Tradition may explain how the system has operated, but it does not change what the Constitution says…
EDITORIAL: LPEA Report to BOCC Draws a Crowd, Part Three
“And I want everyone to take ownership. La Plata Electric Association is us. We the People. It’s a cooperative…”
OPINION: ‘Mis Crismes’ — A Borderlands Tradition — Is Community Medicine
There are winter mornings in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado that feel stitched into memory…