Knowing what’s at stake, civic-minded nonprofit groups across the Mountain West have stepped in to help, doggedly working to ensure their communities are counted through outreach efforts…
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EDITORIAL: Health, and Safety, in Pagosa Springs… Part One
Apparently, parents no longer feel safe allowing younger children to walk home from school. Even grandparents feel insecure making the trip on foot, it would seem…
Higher Tax Burdens on Colorado’s Poorest Citizens
“Both the historic roots of where certain tax tools come from, and then also the distributional effects of the use of certain tools, can have huge racial equity effects. And I think we see that play out in Colorado pretty heavily…”
EDITORIAL: Your Thoughts About Water? Part One
Water reservoirs are not cheap, and when they are located at some distance from where people are living, the infrastructure needed to deliver the water from the reservoir is also expensive to build, and maintain…
Colorado Releases Visitation Guidance for Nursing Homes
“After reviewing the feedback and keeping in mind the safety risks with visitation, we are providing guidance for limited indoor visitation opportunities,” said Dr. Eric France…
HMPRESENTLY: Troubling, Breaking News, and Two Veterans’ Meaningful Words
My unit was not called up to serve in Vietnam or the Middle East. After basic training and advanced individual training, that lasted six months, I spent the remainder of my six-year commitment in the US…
HMPRESENTLY: Inspiring Hope, Defeating Despair Isn’t Cheap!
The US Department of Health and Human Services will be paying $250 million for a PR campaign to “defeat despair and inspire hope about the coronavirus…”
LETTER: Q Who?
“Everything I’ve heard of Q — I hope this is real, because it only means America is getting stronger and better, and people are returning to conservative values, and that’s what I am for…”
New Rule Would ‘Streamline’ Oil and Gas Drilling in Colorado’s National Forests
Limited oil and gas drilling has also been approved in the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado, and in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests near the Wyoming border…
HMPRESENTLY: The People Who Kept the Babies Safe
I don’t want to sound all saccharine, all syrupy. But… caring about people and caring about principles – I’ve been thinking – is what strong, heroic people tend to do…
Colorado Announces ‘ALL IN’ Collegiate Voting Challenge
“The ALL IN Challenge creates a fun competition for our colleges and universities, and highlights the importance of college students to register and vote….”
LETTER: Support for Voting by Mail
The two institutions that can definitely be trusted are the County Board of Elections and the United States Postal Service…
HMPRESENTLY: Humor, Love and… That Flaming Burr Under My Saddle!
I’m not sure why, but in my mind, early Saturday morning, I’m hearing a 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis song, and I’m recalling the lyric… “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain…”
Great Sand Dunes Announces Public Closure of Areas around Sand Creek Lakes
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and National Park Service staff will work along the creek and lake shorelines to complete the treatment of the water. As a result, the water will temporarily be non-potable to drink or use…
HMPRESENTLY: The Screen Flickered, One Last Time
Yes…my old PC had served me well, putting up with all kinds of words I’ve been writing on it, for how long? For 10, maybe 12 years, or more?
LETTER: Healthcare in America Depends Upon the Post Office
This is a call to action for our community, state and country. I’m asking that all of us come together and work toward the benefit of all and to protect our most vulnerable citizens…
Veteran’s Appendectomy Launches Excruciating Battle Over the Bill
This article first appeared on the Kaiser Health News website, on August 25, 2020 In late August 2019, Shannon Harness awoke to serious pain in READ MORE
EDITORIAL: ‘Urban Renewal Authority’ Planning to Sue the Town Voters? Part Three
“Honestly, sir, I don’t think either are good options. I think that, in effect, the Town would be going against itself, and against its voters and constituents, and that wouldn’t be a good decision…”
HMPRESENTLY: ‘You Gotta Clean Your Floors, You Gotta Clean Your Forests…’
“I see again the forest fires are starting,” President Trump said recently, during a rally in Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California…