In its draft budget, SJWCD plans to contribute about $2,500 to the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership…
Category: News/Politics
OPINION: Building More Roads Won’t Help Repair Our Economy
Bottom-up investments have less risk and higher financial returns than the federally guided projects of the past…
LETTER: To Restore a Sense of Decency
President Trump had almost four years to lead the United States and has failed us, by his own choosing…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Eleven
I did not read through the documents, but I noticed that the oldest document under Case Number CA0073 was a handwritten court decision dated 1896…
HMPRESENTLY: Working For The People?
“Nothing can stop him from working for the American people. RELENTLESS!” tweeted the president’s daughter and senior advisor, Ivanka Trump…
LETTER: Hickenlooper’s Proven Record
John Hickenlooper has a proven track record of service to Colorado as mayor of Denver from 2003-20011 and governor from 2012-2018…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Ten
“A governmental entity has the burden of demonstrating three elements in regard to its intent to make a non-speculative conditional appropriation of unappropriated water…”
ACLU Demands Town of South Fork Rescind Policy Banning Solicitation of Donations
“South Fork is my hometown and we have established a strong connection with our community,” said Sol Mountain Farm owner Wes O’Rourke. “When this happened, we felt targeted…”
OPINION: ‘Mental Health Colorado’ Announces Ballot Recommendations
“Even as we constantly hear about Colorado’s great economy and business growth, our state consistently ranks in the bottom third of the nation in terms of the magnitude of our health needs…”
Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19
“We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump tweeted….
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Nine
I have to agree with attorney Eklund. In light of current Colorado water law, there is absolutely no ‘speculation’ involved in purchasing a farm with senior water rights and continuing to operate the farm in a traditional matter…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Election of 1800, and Amy Coney Barrett
The system of ‘checks & balances’ built into our Constitution was designed to defuse the detrimental effects of faction…
HMPRESENTLY: A Whole ‘Nother Story
Very recently, the nation’s intelligence agencies and the FBI expressed concerns about domestic terrorism carried out by far-right groups,,,
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Opposes Wolf Introduction Measure
“This is not just about simply checking a box on a ballot. Proposition 114 would have significant, long-lasting, detrimental impacts on both wildlife and Coloradans,” said Kyle Weaver, RMEF president and CEO…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Eight
“The Colorado River doesn’t have a water scarcity problem; it has a planning and zoning problem…”
OPINION: Proposition 116 is an Equal Tax Cut For All Taxpayers
The simple truth is, Proposition 116 is a mild but much needed tax cut for all taxpayers at a time when Coloradans could use the boost wherever they can get it…
LETTER: What Does Lauren Boebert Stand For?
Debating her opponent, Boebert stated that equal rights for women has already been achieved. If women want more power, she said, they should carry a gun…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Seven
Of the four essential — dare we say, sacred — resources necessary to life on earth, two have been converted, in modern times, into items of private property that can be traded, rented, bought and sold….
Colorado Addiction Treatment, on Wheels
“I never thought when I went to nursing school that I’d be doing this,” Christi Couron, a licensed practical nurse, said as she pumped 52 gallons of diesel fuel into the motor home…
