We hope your celebrations are able to return to fun festive occasions, and we wish you and your loved ones a safe, healthy and happy 2022 as well…
Biden Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause for Three More Months
Upon taking office, Biden extended the pause for six months, saying that many borrowers in the pandemic-rocked economy were still having difficulty paying….
LEAP Program Can Help Pay Winter Heating Bills
Coloradans eligible for LEAP may also qualify for help paying their water bills through the Low-income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)…
EDITORIAL: Attorney Todd Starr at the December 7 BOCC Meeting, Part Two
For any Daily Post readers who might be unfamiliar with an Airbnb advertisement, here’s a sample…
Colorado Schools Continue to See Reduced Enrollment
School leaders had hoped enrollment would rebound after the highly disrupted 2020-21 school year, when more than 20,000 students failed to show up in the state’s K-12 schools…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Time to Tackle the Climate
I ran across a front page headline in the Los Angeles Times yesterday…
Habitat for Humanity Looking Forward to New Possibilities in 2022
Your support this year helped a local workforce family become the 28th Habitat homeowner to build their home alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage…
Colorado’s Pandemic Food Assistance Program Has Helped 500,000 Children and Families
“Many families in Colorado continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and P-EBT offers funds to families to provide their children with healthy foods at a time when many households are struggling…”
Town Invites Citizen Input to ‘End of Year’ Survey
Your feedback is appreciated and will make MyPagosa more relevant and responsive…
OPINION: Coloradans Deserve a Transformation of Our Behavioral Health System
For far too long, Coloradans have struggled to get the care they desperately need…
EDITORIAL: Attorney Todd Starr at the December 7 BOCC Meeting, Part One
“There is absolutely no evidence in the record, whatsoever, that this unit has ever been rented. What there is, and what you saw, is a screenshot of an advertisement to rent…”
Education Secretary Urges Schools to Use COVID Funds to Hire, Retain Staff
Cardona highlighted a California district offering $6,000 signing bonuses to teachers, and a Utah district that’s raising pay for bus drivers to $21 an hour…
READY, FIRE, AIM: In Defense of Dead Voters
Apparently, Ms. Griswold provided the group with a spreadsheet from ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, that contained the records the department uses to maintain a list of deceased voters…
OPINION: An Unhealthy Consolidation of Political Power in Archuleta County
This political monopoly is how the Sheriff’s Office is allowed to go $302,000 over budget (and counting) on renovations to a house now used for an office…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Common Sense and Criminal Justice
The op-ed by Quentin Young that appeared in the Daily Post on December 20 is an example of political rhetoric posing as scholarship…
Saguache Ranger District Seeking Proposals for Outfitting, Guiding Services
The Rio Grande National Forest is interested in providing new activities and services to help visitors enjoy the outdoors through permitted recreational activities, including climbing. OHV, and non-motorized trail-based activities…
INTERVIEW: ‘Thingamajig’ Costume Designer Adrienne Young Conjures the 1940s
“So the 1940s is one of my favorite time periods, and it’s been a dream to do a ’40s show. And I actually have time, with this show, because of the smaller cast…”
EDITORIAL: Misleading COVID Information Regarding Colorado Hospitals?
“We have a very big disconnect between the accuracy of what’s reported and the decisions that are being made…”
Colorado Board of Education Recommending Resumption of Standardized Testing
The 2022 ratings would not automatically move schools or districts on or off the state’s watchlist for low performance, according to the board’s recommendations…