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EDITORIAL: A Few Things Happened in 2023, Part One

Posted on December 28, 2023December 29, 2023 by Bill Hudson

I spent some time online, yesterday, watching a Zoom webinar from two years ago, recorded during the peak of the COVID crisis…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

READY, FIRE, AIM: Rep. Lauren Boebert Bails on Congressional District 3

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Louis Cannon

Rep. Boebert sounded pretty joyful and upbeat, however. Except not the part about the Socialists and Communists…

Posted in Humor/Fiction, Video
Republican Leaders Protest Colorado Supreme Court Decision

Republican Leaders Protest Colorado Supreme Court Decision

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Post Contributor

The protest, organized by Colorado Republican Party fundraising chair Darcy Schoening, drew about two dozen people…

Posted in News/Politics

OPINION: Self-Executing Criminality, and the Trump Decision

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Post Contributor

Here, in America, we do not have self-executing criminality. That kind of theory belongs in Russia, China, or North Korea…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Mistaken Dissent at the Colorado Supreme Court

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Post Contributor

The framers of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment gave us the tools to deal with insurrectionists, but some authorities seem unwilling to use them…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

LIBRARY NEWS: All-Ages LEGO Contest to be Judged This Weekend

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Library Staff

This is the big weekend for our all-ages LEGO contest. Submissions must be turned in by 6pm tomorrow, Friday, December 29…

Posted in Community

Colorado Opens Highway Right-of-Ways to Broadband Installation

Posted on December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 by Post Contributor

Colorado communities and service providers looking to improve broadband access will have a new, accelerated and discounted option…

Posted in Business
Final Three Performances of 'All is Calm' at Thingamajig Theatre Company

Final Three Performances of ‘All is Calm’ at Thingamajig Theatre Company

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Tim Moore

Experience the show that’s leaving everyone talking long after the curtain call…

Posted in Arts/Entertainment
EDITORIAL: Yes, Virginia, There is a Town Planning Commission

EDITORIAL: Yes, Virginia, There is a Town Planning Commission

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“Planning Commission meeting 12/26/23 is cancelled. The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 16, 2024…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: A New Name for Kit Carson Peak?

BIG PIVOTS: A New Name for Kit Carson Peak?

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Allen Best

It’s called Kit Carson, but a state advisory board in January will review alternatives more acceptable to the Diné and others…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

READY, FIRE, AIM: California and Arizona Plead Guilty… Sort Of

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Louis Cannon

Hard to believe that two entire states could plead guilty of stealing water from the Colorado River…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

Businesses Celebrate Fair Minimum Wage Laws

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Post Contributor

“At our restaurants, we have seen that better compensation helps with employee hiring and retention, keeps turnover costs low, and keeps customers coming back….”

Posted in News/Politics

OPINION: Dear Colorado Legislators… Turn Down the Noise in 2024

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Post Contributor

My tenure as a legislative aide in the Colorado Senate got rolling in the chaotic days and months after the election in 2020…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

ESSAY: With ‘White Christmas,’ Christmas Became a Holiday All Americans Could Celebrate

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Post Contributor

“White Christmas” has resonated for more than 80 years, and I think the reasons why are worth understanding…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

OPINION: ‘American Values’ Super PAC Aims to Put RFK Jr. on Ballot in 7 States

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Post Contributor

“A clear Trump polling lead became a jumbled mess with no clear favorite to win in the Electoral College thanks to Kennedy…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees 10 Inches From Latest Storm

Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees 10 Inches From Latest Storm

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by Post Contributor

Guests enjoyed the replenished slopes of Wolf Creek, which is 100% open with nine lifts operating, servicing 1,600 acres of terrain…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
EDITORIAL:  The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part Two

EDITORIAL: The Smell of Hot Springs Water, Part Two

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by Bill Hudson

“The thing that has bothered me about that [geothermal] asset, is that we’ve just been going along, and not thinking about it very strategically…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

Lower Basin States Acknowledge Excess Consumption of Colorado River Water

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by Post Contributor

“And so, where we’re at in the lower basin, is a recognition that we have to solve and own that supply/demand imbalance…”

Posted in News/Politics
READY, FIRE, AIM: Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned From AI

READY, FIRE, AIM: Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned From AI

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by Louis Cannon

Back when I was in high school, I thought knowing stuff was the goal. It seemed like, the more stuff you knew, the more respect you got…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
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