The ‘Artists You Should Know’ Music Series seats audience members directly on the stage with performers for a unique, intimate musical experience…
HMPRESENTLY: No Socks
I snapped this picture of my feet, several years ago, after stepping away from my PR career…
LETTER: Ethical Recycling with Elite Disposal
We drive this recycling to Phoenix Recycling located at 4065 CR 307; Ignacio CO 81137 and have done so for years…
Why Won’t More Older Americans Get the COVID Booster?
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot…
FIRST PERSON: Without Potlucks, School Communities Began to Unravel
As connections withered, our school became every school — the faceless bureaucracy people complain about on social media and in the news…
Crackdown on Intoxicating Hemp Products May Be Coming to Colorado
The FDA sent out letters on May 4 to companies selling delta-8 and some CBD products, warning them to address violations…
PAWSD Asks the Public to Voluntarily Conserve Water
Our weekly water use has increased by 2 million gallons over last year’s weekly usage…
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Three
As a result of these same dynamics, local waste haulers who were collecting ‘recyclables’ separately from other trash began dumping the ‘recyclables’ into the landfill…
Learn More About Fire Safety at ‘ComFest’ in Pagosa Town Park This Friday
To help keep the community aware of fire season, the Town has invited us to set up informational tables in Town Park during the concert…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Why I Took Up Smoking
Depression is a weird thing, because no one knows where it comes from. In that sense, it’s like pimples…
Colorado Climate, Environmental Bills Survive Legislative ‘Gauntlet’ at Session’s End
“For too long, manufacturers of plastic have put the responsibility of dealing with plastic — recycling and disposal — on the shoulders of individuals and local communities…”
Pagosa Car Show Slated for June 10-11
The Show and Shine event will take place on Saturday, June 11, from 9am to 2pm with the awards ceremony following…
OPINION: How Corporate Colorado Held Public Schools Hostage
What the group did not broadcast was the massive cost to schools and other local entities that its proposed constitutional amendment would have imposed…
EDITORIAL: Talking Trash… About the Archuleta County Landfill, Part Two
“But, I mean, very realistically, you guys have only a couple years left at that location and then you are out of space and… we’re not really sure where else we’re gonna go…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Column Written Mostly By a Robot
The first professionally-published book of poetry written by a computer algorithm, The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed, appeared in bookstores in 1984…
LOCAL FOOD HEROES: Josh and Sasha Gentry of Honyock Farms Limited
We believe that everyone should get the most nutrients from all their food. That’s why our goal is to provide live uncut greens, or to cut and deliver our produce within 24 hours…”
BIG PIVOTS: Hot Dry Winds Licking at Winter’s Back Door?
We had the Marshall Fire with its 1,084 homes and other buildings destroyed while Christmas wreaths still hung on doors…
OPINION: Our Need for a Coherent Definition of ‘Health’
While we continue reeling from the last two years, it is clear that health is on the forefront of everyone’s concerns…
Census Undercount Threatens Federal Food, Health Programs on Reservations
The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations…