Category: Opinion/Letters

Town voters mailed their ballots in modest numbers last November, when they were given the opportunity to create a 1% sales tax…

The U.S. is losing ranch and farmland to other uses at an incredible rate. Overall, the U.S. is losing about 2,000 acres of farmland daily…

Following the closed-door executive session yesterday, the PAWSD Board convened in open session to consider a request for fee waivers…

Can young families stay, farm, cook, and pass knowledge forward?

This might help explain why the average age in Archuleta County is now 52 years, compared to Colorado as a whole, at about 38 years…

“We’re always sold a bill of goods, and the carrot that’s dangled out in front of us is always moved just beyond what we’re able to reach…”

“I believe you said it costs $30,000 a month to rent a single bypass pump? And we have four of them on site?…”

“Our goal to become a $1 billion lottery is in our sight with this year’s tremendous revenue success…”

“88 percent expressed confidence that their degree or credential will help them get a job after graduation…”

“Aspen House will be the first fully supportive group home in Archuleta County dedicated to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities…”

SB24-174 requires the updated Community Plan to include: “A water supply element developed in consultation with entities that supply water for use within the county…”

“Policy 2.3 – Water conservation should be used in new residential and commercial development….”

I assume the commissioners were trying to fit the proclamation on a single sheet of paper…

The BOCC agreed that allowing people to live in RVs might be a good idea — as a “temporary measure”, in a community struggling to find workers…