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Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend

Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Post Contributor

Beginning at 1pm on Sunday, the crazy plungers take to the frigid San Juan River for the Penguin Plunge…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado Republicans Look to Cut Fees with Proposed Legislation

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Post Contributor

Those fees affect a consumer’s total bill, but they also fund various projects in Colorado that might not otherwise have the money…

Posted in News/Politics

High Suicide Rate, Drug Addiction, Plague Construction Industry

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Post Contributor

“You start noticing the guy who’s isolating himself, sitting alone at lunch, not talking with anybody,” he said…

Posted in Education/Health

Colorado Attorney General Charges Five with Home Remodeling Fraud Scheme

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Post Contributor

In all instances, the members of the alleged criminal ring failed to return customer funds for incomplete or defective work…

Posted in News/Politics
EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Three

EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Three

Posted on January 14, 2025January 15, 2025 by Bill Hudson

The PLPOA leadership has had a focus, for many years now, on community health, and that focus has resulted in miles of new walking/biking paths…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

Photo courtesy Wolf Creek Ski Area. The 85th Day of Wolf Creek’s  85th Year is today, January 14! This special day will feature stickers for READ MORE

Posted in Environment/Recreation
READY, FIRE, AIM: Magic Mushrooms, and the Art of Conjuring

READY, FIRE, AIM: Magic Mushrooms, and the Art of Conjuring

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Louis Cannon

“Each gummy contains 350mg of Amanita Muscaria, a federally legal medley of mushrooms that deliver a psychoactive experience…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado

Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

“Colorado is the first state to have a wolf management plan that ranchers and wildlife restorationists agreed to…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
OPINION: Why We Need More Housing Everywhere, Part One

OPINION: Why We Need More Housing Everywhere, Part One

Posted on January 14, 2025January 15, 2025 by Charles Marohn

I want to draw two insights relating human development — or the growth of any organic system — to the way cities evolve…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My Questions About the PLPOA Special Assessment

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Gary Beatty

Is this financing proposal relying on some of the fees currently supporting the rec center, to also support the gym?

Posted in Opinion/Letters

Rotary Scholarship Applications Now Available for High School Seniors

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

Applications have been distributed to Pagosa Springs High School, San Juan Mountain School and GOAL Academy…

Posted in Education/Health

U.S. Senate Immigration Bill Would Expand Detention Requirements

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

In an 82-10 vote, a majority of Senate Democrats and one independent, joined Republicans….

Posted in News/Politics
EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The PLPOA Leadership Answers Your Questions, Part Two

Posted on January 13, 2025January 14, 2025 by Bill Hudson

“Given the current economy we are all trying to survive in, how can you consciously ask us to foot the bill for an unnecessary wish list of yours?…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
Colorado Sees Another Minimum Wage Increase This Year: $14.81

Colorado Sees Another Minimum Wage Increase This Year: $14.81

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

In many states, such as Colorado, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises…

Posted in News/Politics
Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado

Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

By Kristy Burnett The Forest Carbon Inventory report, released last week by the Colorado State Forest Service, provides detailed estimates of the carbon captured, stored READ MORE

Posted in Environment/Recreation
READY, FIRE, AIM: Demande en Mariage Lune

READY, FIRE, AIM: Demande en Mariage Lune

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Louis Cannon

I don’t speak French, so I was pleased when the folks at Apoteo Surprise Paris posted the news, in English…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21

Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

Join us as Jon Ghahate discusses “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary SW Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages & Cultures…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Why Dems Might Support Trump’s Canada Annexation Plan

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by John Tures

I examined what would happen in each province. Moreover, I doubt most states would stand for losing apportionment. …

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: The Biden Administration’s Conservation Legacy

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

“President Biden’s actions on public lands have raised the bar on what a president can accomplish in a single term…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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