Not only will you enjoy delicious food, a cash bar, and beautiful music, you will have the opportunity to bid on seventeen creatively decorated dining tables…
EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Five
I received a thoughtful email yesterday from one of our Daily Post readers, wondering where this ‘Money, Water, and Fear for the Future’ editorial series is headed…
Chimney Rock Interpretive Association Seeking Volunteers for 2022 Season
For over 20 years, Chimney Rock Interpretive Association and its volunteers have shared the story of the ancestral Puebloan people with thousands of visitors…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pagosa Going to the Dogs?
I ran across some interesting news last Saturday, that might be fake news. But sometimes fake news is the best kind…
Colorado Legislature Prepares to Debate $36 Billion Budget
As enhanced federal funding for medical services expires, state prepares to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars…
OPINION: When Jim Crow Greeted the Returning Black Vets
The bill is named in honor of two African American vets of World War II who unintentionally found their way into the historical record because of what was done to them…
240 Students Selected for Daniels Scholarship Program
240 high school seniors across Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming were selected as 2022 Daniels Scholars, including 130 students from Colorado…
BIG PIVOTS: The Colorado River’s Unsolved Math Problem
Long term, this worsening situation of subpar runoff in the Colorado River matters to well more than 90% of Colorado’s population…
EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Four
“In agricultural areas in marginal coastal zones in southeastern parts of Kenya, “we’re looking at crop production estimated to be 70% below average,” he said…
LOCAL FOOD HERO: Artisan Bread Baker & Pastry Chef Ali Braun
“Though I like to think I’m a free spirit, I am a rule follower and, while baking is immensely creative, if you don’t follow your formula and measure carefully your bread will suffer…”
Wristbands Now on Sale for Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership ‘Environmental Film Festival’
Guests will enjoy four first-run feature-length films and two shorts, all fresh from the 2022 Colorado Environmental Film Festival… plus a locally grown gourmet supper…
EDITORIAL: Considering an Omicron Variant… ‘Less Threatening Than Normal Flu’…
“God knows we need this break,” said Shelly Bacallia, 29, who took her son to the Manila Zoo over the weekend…
OPINION: American History Lesson
Back when the Americas were being colonized, chartered companies sponsored them. The Virginia Company was one of them, around 1606…
LETTER: Missing My Conservative Friends
I highly respected my now-retired conservative co-workers – good friends – because we shared my dad’s deep understanding of honor and integrity…
BLM ‘Virtual Public Hearing’ on Wild Horse and Burro Management
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires BLM conduct an annual hearing to consider the use of motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros…
EDITORIAL: Money, Water, and Fear for the Future, Part Three
Between 1934 and 1941, the central part of the U.S. experienced a series of catastrophic climatic and environmental events collectively labeled by historians as “The Dust Bowl”…
OPINION: Considering the Manzanares Arrest Incident
Manzanares’ properly reacted to his frustration with the situation by telling Reis to “write it up” (meaning a parking citation) and walking away…
OPINION: Colorado Water Board Shelves ‘Demand Management’ Scheme
“CWCB’s decision to stop a flawed demand management program is a welcome decision. It seems as if common sense has trumped wishful thinking…”
EDITORIAL: The STR Reality vs. Wishful Thinking, Part Two
The door hanger does include a few facts, along with some wishful thinking. It states, for example, that “27 of 30 surveyed business owners oppose” Ballot Question A…