Category: Opinion/Letters

My mother and I came to the United States in search of a better life when I was just 10 years old. I remember my excitement…

Congress is currently considering two infrastructure spending bills totaling $4.5 trillion. The dollars will be spent over a 10-year period…

“The State of Colorado’s irrigated acreage assessments… shows that irrigated acreage has decreased by 6 percent over the past 25 years in the San Juan basin….”

Public support, you might ask? How on Earth can newsrooms take money from the government?

“This, when coupled with the La Niña forecast for the coming winter, suggests the ongoing Southwestern U.S. drought will very likely last well into 2022…”

“It’s appalling that the Interior Department plans to allow more climate-destroying oil and gas extraction when it has broad legal authority not to lease these public lands…”

“Drought conditions will improve when water supply from precipitation increases, water demand from high temperatures decreases, or some combination thereof occurs…”

Over the past 50 years, nine out of ten Americans have struggled as their incomes remained flat, while their costs of housing, health care, child care, and higher education have skyrocketed…

“What will happen to me if immigration reform doesn’t pass when I graduate this May (2022)? I don’t have a social security number…”

“So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed….”

To me, it is a shame that San Juan Basin Public health no longer reports local hospitalizations for COVID…

“We bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon…”

You mentioned that you’ve “not been sick” since you moved to Pagosa six years ago. Congratulations on that…

So a crucial question that accompanies the Afghan women’s protests is this: How can the rest of the world support it?