I never actually felt that reading the news, or watching the news, was “like homework”. I would describe it more like “therapy”…
Republican Colorado Governor Candidates Kirkmeyer, Bottoms Face Off in Debate
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and Rep. Scott Bottoms offered starkly different visions for the Republican Party…
ESSAY: We’re Not Ready for the Parched Summer Ahead
The Colorado River Basin faces a reckoning that has been building for decades…
Applicants Sought for Vacancy on Pagosa Springs Town Council
This is an opportunity to play a direct role in shaping the future of Pagosa Springs and representing community priorities…
OPINION: Governor Polis Helping to Hand Out ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Cards
After Tina Peters’ conviction, President Trump regularly used the presidential bully pulpit to pressure Governor Polis to pardon Peters…
U.S. Senate Votes to Freeze Members’ Pay During Future Shutdowns
Congress is supposed to pass the dozen annual government funding bills before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1 but hasn’t completed all of its work on time in three decades…
EDITORIAL: PAWSD Looks Ahead… to a Potential Budget Crunch, Part One
Mr. Dossett suggests that this “revenue miss” is not merely a seasonal fluctuation. Perhaps, it reflects a structural change in the Pagosa Springs economy…
Colorado Governor Polis Commutes Sentence for Tina Peters, and Others
“The crimes you were convicted of are very serious and you deserve to spend time in prison for these offenses…”
Colorado Releases Annual Report on Gray Wolf Populations
“As the population expands, CPW will aim to maintain two GPS collars in each established pack to help track pack activity…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Honey, I Shrunk the Economy!
It could be worse, of course. I could have invented a machine that accidentally shrunk my kids, like in the 1989 Disney movie….
THE DAILY YONDER: Soundtracks for Heading Home to Rural America
Luckily, two of this spring’s most-anticipated albums — Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide — speak directly to the baggage surrounding a person’s hometown…
Kennedy Struggles to Balance MAHA and White House Agenda
Sixty-four percent of voters said that they are very or somewhat worried about healthcare, including the cost of health insurance and out-of-pocket costs…
Colorado Announces Grant Program to Address Youth Crime Prevention
Approximately $2.9 million per fiscal year will be made available, contingent upon legislative appropriation…
Learn ‘Birding By Ear’ at Audubon Presentation This Wednesday
Birding by ear to identify bird species is an important skill used by volunteers in our Forest Bird Monitoring Project…
Sign Up for Town Recreation Programs
Registration for adult and coed softball leagues is currently open through June 8. The softball league season will run from June 15 through August 6…
EDITORIAL: A Safe Place for Young Men with Developmental Disabilities, Part Four
The organization has raised about 75% of the funding needed to build the house, but another $644,000 remains to be raised…
Fire is Transforming the West’s Public Lands
Wildfires are affecting our public lands at an accelerating scale and increasing intensity. Yet how fire affects recreation has remained poorly understood…
OPINION: Open Letter to My Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association Neighbors
We should, at a minimum, add an appeal process to our ECC Board decisions to state our case in front of the Board of Directors…
READY, FIRE, AIM: We’re Either Gonna Die Really Soon, or Live Practically Forever
A number of years ago, an Oxford philosophy professor named Nick Bostrom published a book titled, “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies”…