Create a family disaster plan that includes meeting locations and communication plans and rehearse it regularly. Include the evacuation of large animals, such as horses, in your plan…
Category: News/Politics
Polis, Colorado Lawmakers Unveil $700M Property Tax Relief Package
“We’re disappointed Gov. Polis and legislators are working behind closed doors to cut a deal…”
Students Showcase Handiwork at Build Pagosa’s 4th Annual Auction, May 6
“I’ve seen what this auction can do for these young people,” says Hessman… “Their sense of self worth soars…”
Universal, State-Funded Preschool Becomes Colorado Law with Governor Polis’ Signature
The state-funded program will save families an annual average of $4,300, according to the governor’s office…
Physicians Uneasy as Colorado Collects Providers’ Diversity Data
“There are lots of marginalized and disenfranchised people that when they don’t have a good experience, they disengage from care…”
Colorado Supreme Court Asked to Rule on River Access Laws
Attorney General Weiser states, “If this longstanding Colorado approach to water and river access is to change, the decision-making process rightly belongs to the legislative and executive branches…”
CDOT to Install Fiber Optic on US Highway 160, Pagosa Springs to Wolf Creek Pass
“These electrical and fiber upgrades will benefit surrounding communities, travelers, emergency service providers and CDOT’s traveler information systems…”
Federal Judge Throws Out National Mask Mandate for Travelers
The order applies nationwide. It is not yet clear if President Joe Biden’s administration will seek an appeal…
A Virtual Town Hall on Funding Colorado’s Education System
The town hall will be held on Sunday, April 24, from 12 noon to 1pm, with panelists include Dave Young, Julie McCluskie, Lisa Weil, and Chris Stiffler…
Colorado Earns Top Marks for Voting and Election Confidence
Colorado, Maryland and Washington received the highest scores in a study from the Democracy Initiative Education fund released April 13…
TRAFFIC ALERT: US 160 McCabe Creek Culvert Replacement Project
Next week, on Wednesday and Thursday, April 20 and 21, crews at the US 160 McCabe Creek project will be placing concrete barriers on the north side of the road…
State Senator Don Coram to Face Rep. Lauren Boebert in Republican Primary
Coram thanked people who signed his petition for what he called a “grassroots campaign”…
Women Take Power in Colorado
The state has a comparatively high percentage of women serving in municipal and legislative office…
Archuleta County Democratic Club Meeting Tuesday, April 19
The speaker will be Adam Frisch, a former city councilman in the Roaring Fork Valley, who is one of the candidates running to represent us in the US Congress…
Colorado Legislature Passes ‘Marlo’s Law’ to Ease Adoption for LGBTQ Parents
“…if you have two partners and one partner is carrying the genetic material, biologic material of another partner and gives birth, the partner that gives birth has full rights…”
‘Sitting on a Time Bomb’: Mobile Home Residents at Risk in Red-Hot Housing Market, Part Two
“At the end of the day, we ought to have owners on land that they own and control and not on the land of a commercial investor,” he said. “That’s the bottom line…”
Colorado’s Far-Right Wing Triumphant at Republican State Assembly
Tina Peters and Ron Hanks both earned the most votes from the 3,749 GOP assembly delegates at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs…
Colorado Department of Local Affairs Celebrates Construction of Affordable Housing Communities
As average rental rates are increasing and the number of available low-cost rental units are decreasing,the scale of the housing crisis for low-income households continues to grow…