“We applaud the Biden-Harris administration for seizing this opportunity to modernize public lands management for conservation…
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Town Council Considers $850,000 Property Purchase, Part One
The ordinance would allocate $850,000 of taxpayer revenue from the Town’s General Fund to the purchase of about 12 acres of mostly (but not entirely) vacant property…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: The Irrelevance of Our Happiness Ranking
“Psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you…”
EDITORIAL: CDOT Rejects Bid for Downtown Highway Reconstruction
“We’re excited about this news, because it’s a big opportunity to answer a bunch of the unanswered questions…”
EDITORIAL: Fear and Loathing, and the Proposed Highway 160 Reconstruction, Part Four
“Anyone who has ordered any kind of construction here in Pagosa, you can get your bid now, and I can guarantee you won’t see the work done until next spring..”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Squatters, Just Breaking the Law
That was the question Sen Fetterman asked when he queried, “How can you even pretend anything other than you’re just breaking the law…?”
EDITORIAL: Fear and Loathing, and the Proposed Highway 160 Reconstruction, Part Three
“I understand livelihoods are going to be affected. I understand businesses are going to be affected. I really do…”
BIG PIVOTS: A Long-Ago Motorcycle Ride, and the Shift to EVs
In 1915, travel from Colorado to San Francisco had lots of dust and bumps. But 15 years later much had changed…
OPINION: Election Subversion Efforts in 2020 were Bad. Now They’re Worse.
Democracy’s enemies might be organizing and planning, but its defenders can organize, too… Every person who wants to preserve democracy has a role to play in protecting it…
EDITORIAL: Fear and Loathing, and the Proposed Highway 160 Reconstruction, Part Two
“We’re talking hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of dollars for the downtown businesses who will lose a significant amount of revenue…”
OPINION: Unwarranted Ouster of Journalist Sandra Fish at Republican State Assembly
“Journalism serves as the cornerstone of a vibrant and functioning democracy, providing citizens with the information necessary to make informed decisions…”
LETTER: Why Vote Against Your Own Self-Interest?
I am a 71 year-old rural Coloradan politically registered as Unaffiliated. I’d like to ask my fellow seniors a simple question…
EDITORIAL: Fear and Loathing, and the Proposed Highway 160 Reconstruction, Part One
“I understand that puts us at the beginning of the summer tourist season, but mostly likely, they are not going to just come in and rip up half the highway, and disturb everything right away…”
EDITORIAL: How to Recycle a County Road, Part Three
To learn more about Dustrol, I watched a 30-minute video shared by the National Center for Pavement Preservation, established by Michigan State University in 2003…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: March Madness Is Big Trouble
Like Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” there aren’t merely a lot of suspects. There are also plenty of perpetrators in the imminent demise of the Big Dance…
EDITORIAL: How to Recycle a County Road, Part Two
“The cost saving on that is huge. We’re looking at doing 8.2 miles total in the county this year, using the vendor that does this in this area…”
OPINION: Biological Fairness, and Fatigue
“Right now, the world is facing a multitude of crises that require our attention, time, and energy….”
EDITORIAL: How to Recycle a County Road, Part One
At its April 2 regular meeting, the Archuleta BOCC approved two proposed road projects and awarded the contract for reconstruction of North Pagosa Boulevard…
OPINION: Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Decision on Wolf Protections
“It’s deeply concerning to hear that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided not to list gray wolves…”