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EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Four
“Pagosa’s prime downtown development site is available for purchase. The historic Adobe site fronts US Hwy 160 and Lewis Street, situated adjacent to the Town Bell Tower and across from the Courthouse…”
’19th Hole Concerts’ Grant Application Now Open to Archuleta County Non-profits
The 19th Hole Concerts benefit the Archuleta County nonprofit community, and promote Southwest Colorado’s talented music scene, by featuring a different nonprofit and music talent every Thursday evening…
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Three
Is there a close correlation between the 363 goals listed in the Comprehensive Plan and the 56 goals adopted by the Town Council last summer?
Senate Democrats Announce 2020 Legislation
Bill roundup includes prescription transparency efforts, education funding and enhancements for veterans…
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part Two
The sight of a bird being fried to death is so common at the Ivanpah Solar Plant in California’s Mojave Desert, that workers have nicknamed the smouldering birds “streamers”…
OPINION: Celebrating Dr. King in an Age of White Lies
“Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us to love one another, accept each other, celebrate our differences, and remember that which brings us together — we are all God’s children…”
EDITORIAL: The Art of Seeing the Future, Part One
In a sense, however, we are all amateur fortunetellers. When I set my alarm at bedtime, I am essentially predicting that I will wake up at 5:15am and head into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee…
Severe Weather Possible for Holiday Weekend
The Colorado Department of Transportation urges motorists to plan for severe weather and heavy traffic during the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend…
OPINION: Bennet Criticizes President’s Defiance of Congress
“This week, we learned that the president may once again defy Congress by seeking to redirect $7.2 billion from the military to pay for his border wall…”
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part Seven
“The friction between the water molecules and these large bubbles causes far more diffusion of DO into the water than any number of fine bubbles…”
ESSAY: We Went to Jail for Our Granddaughters
This essay by Emma Marris originally appeared in the High Country News on January 14, 2020. Every year, the same bald eagle appears in the READ MORE
Town of Pagosa Springs Announces ‘Make History Here, Now’ Events
What should be done with the wall? Or the stone arch bridge? Or the structure? What would make your kids want to visit here?
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part Six
The generosity written into the 2012 IGA appeared, on the face of it, to be a one-way street benefiting the Town sewer customers…
LETTER: We Need Energy Innovation to Combat Climate Change
Over 3,500 economists, including 27 Nobel Prize-winners and top economic advisers to presidents of both parties, have endorsed a plan to fight climate change…
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part Five
Jim Isgar, Colorado’s State Director of USDA Rural Development — and former State Senator for District 6 — stood on fresh fill dirt near the Town’s southern border…
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part Four
John Bozek stood up and asked why the Intergovernmental Agreement clutched in the hands of various Town Council members and PAWSD board members had never been made public…
EDITORIAL: The Town Deals with a Big Stink, Part Three
So roughly $1 million, over the next 20 years? I’m not sure if the “20-year cost” quoted here allows for inflation…
Colorado Governor Points to ‘Systemic Problem’ in School Funding
“Because of our fiscal rules, the state spends far too much money backfilling some of the wealthiest districts not only in the state but in the country…”