Based on the tax revenue being generated by this industry, one might suggest the voters made a fine decision back in 2012…
‘Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play’ Showing Through Dec. 23 at Pagosa Center
This production features seven actors, most of whom play multiple parts in the show. Several are favorites with local and out-of-town audiences from previous performances at Thingamajig…
Centering Indigenous Knowledge about Healthy Eating
“The connections between food, land, health, and culture are all essential to disease prevention and overall wellness,” shared one participant….
OPINION: Shrug? Sue? Lie? Maybe Listen? What Will the Urban Renewal Commission Do Tonight?
Nothing is more effective at preventing gross giveaways to developers like a requirement of voter approval…
LIBRARY NEWS: Hot Chocolate, Public Health Session Today
The hot chocolate is ready, so we hope you’ll come to your library today, Thursday, December 16, from 4-6 p.m. to celebrate winter with us…
LETTER: The Drug Landscape is Changing
The drug landscape is changing and everyone should acknowledge why…
EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Five
“It’s nothing personal; nothing against the County Coroner’s office, it’s just that we’re constantly full, and there’s just nowhere else to put them….”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Hook, Line and Sinker
That experience taught me the way the “drug war” was, and still is, being “fought” is futile — if the objective is reduction of the availability of illicit drugs…
HMPRESENTLY: Getting My Tooth Drilled While Pondering Democracies, Republics, and the Weather
There was, long ago, Vlad the Impaler, for example, and with a name like that, he probably wasn’t an understanding kind of guy…
Kentucky Donations Collected by Cub Scouts
The Cub Scouts will sort and allocate the many donations on Friday at their weekly meeting at the Methodist Church on Lewis Street at 4:30pm…
New E-book on Reviving Small-Scale Development in Your Community
Who built your city? Who builds your city? …And are the answers to those two questions the same? Up until the past few decades, if READ MORE
LETTER: Open Letter to the Westminster City Council
The Equity Washers punch down, not up. Nature, which has no voice other than what you give it, is their favorite punching bag…
Colorado Colleges Graduate Hispanic Men at Low Rates — But They Can Improve
Many of those pushing for higher graduation rates are Hispanic men. Inevitably, the work feels personal…
EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Four
“Colorado’s drug overdose rate spiked 50% from May 2019 to May 2021, trending directly with a nationwide increase….”
Comparative Charts for COVID-19 in Archuleta County and Beyond
One overall depressing aspect of Figure 1 data is that all cumulative metrics of tests, cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise without bending over to indicate the virus is under control…
Colorado Democrats Urge EPA to Place Risk Management Rules on Chemical Plants
“The RMP program is especially important in Colorado… where communities directly abut petrochemical and other industrial facilities…”
State Senator Don Coram Considering Run Against Lauren Boebert
“I’m concerned that we as a state and as a nation have extremes on both sides. The left and the right seem more hell-bent on dividing our nation rather than uniting our nation…”
EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part Three
“And that’s my main concern now. If I were going to put all my eggs in a basket, that’s where they would have to go, because that is a very dangerous drug…”
‘Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration’ in Downtown Pagosa This Saturday
Participants entering at the key entry points will be provided with glow sticks and a scavenger hunt card to win a free ornament…