The bill now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. Once installed, the sculpture would be the first outdoor monument in America to commemorate the women’s suffrage movement…
Category: News/Politics
OPINION: Unaffordable Water Infrastructure?
Perhaps most troubling is the fact that much of our water infrastructure is nearing the end of its useful life…
Congressman Joe Neguse Calls for National Biodiversity Strategy
“Given the current biodiversity crisis, it is more important than ever to assert U.S. leadership in the context of renewed global efforts to protect biodiversity and nature…”
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Commissioners vs. San Juan Basin Health, Part Three
Demand No. 4 asks for local business hours at San Juan Basin Health… that already exist…
Dr. Fauci Offers a Warning
“You can’t think of yourself as being in a vacuum,” Fauci said. “Because by getting infected, you are propagating the outbreak…”
Governor Polis Issues ‘Drought Emergency’ Memo
2020’s record drought and wildfire seasons have left deep ecological and economic scars — with impacts that will persist for many years to come….
HMPRESENTLY: Baffled, Befuddled, and Perplexed
In the perception business, persona is a big deal. Endearing, pleasing personas… that’s what you want people in the public eye to project…
OPINION: A Plan for Strong Rural Communities
America’s rural places are economically and culturally fragile, lagging urbanized areas in key metrics of health and success. The gap is growing…
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Commissioners vs. San Juan Basin Health, Part Two
So, what exactly does the Archuleta BOCC hope to accomplish, with a resolution misaligned with state law?
EDITORIAL: Archuleta County Commissioners vs. San Juan Basin Health, Part One
According to its website, SJBPH “has improved the health and environment of the Southwest Colorado community” for the past 70 years…
Colorado Democratic Legislators Lay Out Special Session Agenda
“We have to do everything possible in Colorado to help families, workers and businesses get through the challenging months ahead,” said Speaker KC Becker, D-Boulder…
Governor Polis & His Partner Test Positive
Earlier this evening, Marlon and I found out that we have both tested positive for COVID-19. We are currently asymptomatic…
No Hazard Pay for Colorado Grocery Workers Despite COVID Surge
With so many Coloradans continuing to ignore public health measures like the state’s mask mandate, frontline workers are also pleading with customers to be considerate…
Senator Bennet Proposes a Federal Solution to ‘Local News’ Crisis
If his bill passes, Bennet said he hopes the local news commission also examines the role of social media platforms, which he believes have become “too large and too powerful”…
LETTER: Unprecedented Un-presidenting
“His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Unaffordable Land Prices in Archuleta County
It’s not just the ‘working class’ who are priced out of the Pagosa/Archuleta housing market, it’s becoming so for professionals as well…
EDITORIAL: A Country Going to Pot
On Election Day, November 3, 2020, a majority of voters in five states — mostly red states — passed ballot measures that legalized marijuana…
ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Two
Humans are competent and successful, not because we perceive reality accurately, but precisely because we can simplify the world into discrete intellectual elements that have helped us survive…
Watershed Moment for Oil & Gas Regulation in Colorado
After taking full control of state government in 2018, Polis and his fellow Colorado Democrats sought to end the “oil and gas wars” with SB-181…