The suit, which seeks not money but a court ruling declaring the state’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry to be unconstitutional, points out: “Children are uniquely vulnerable to the consequences of the climate crisis…”
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Four
When I spoke with members of the ‘Stop the Rocks’ citizen group last week, some of them were not aware that the pending gravel pit decision by the Planning Commission, on February 23, is merely advisory…
Community Concert Hall to Present ‘An Evening with Suzy Bogguss’
Bogguss has sold more than 4 million records with sparkling radio hits like “Outbound Plane,” “Someday Soon,” “Letting Go”…
EDITORIAL: Public Notices on Valentine’s Day
It’s been challenging for our 600 hotel and motel rooms to compete with the 3,000 ‘vacation rental’ bedrooms in Archuleta County…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Photo Albums
Pretty much anyone with a smart phone has a collection of pictures, available at a moment’s notice, with entirely too many photos of entirely too many unimportant events….
CDOT Crews Filling Potholes Downtown Today
Drivers will encounter full stops and lane shifts. The traffic signal will not operate during the repairs…
HMPRESENTLY: Love in a Sometimes Opprobrious World
One thing that isn’t getting stigmatized, right around Valentine’s Day, is candy…
OPINION: USDA Now Requires Some Bioengineered Foods to be Labeled
More than 90% of U.S.-grown corn, soybeans and sugar beets are genetically modified…
Charter School Students Create American Revolution Podcasts
After reading about and researching the American Revolution, students learned to create a podcast and were assigned jobs in small groups…
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Three
In his short story from 1843, Edgar Allan Poe’s hero was strapped to a table in a rat-infested dungeon… beneath a massive, razor-sharp blade that swung back and forth like a pendulum…
BIG PIVOTS: Electricity Today is Like Colorado’s Road Network a Century Ago
Building new transmission will be expensive and siting difficult. “But if you like clean energy, you have to love transmission,” said Hannegan…
LETTER: Some Financial Help for the Housing Crisis
The Town voters will have a chance, on the April 5 ballot, to create a long-term funding stream dedicated solely to workforce housing…
‘Science of Reading’ Training May Be Required of Colorado Principals
Megan Bobroske, a second grade teacher, said the reading training she took allowed her to help students make nearly a year’s growth in reading in just five months this year…
Democrats Rally in Denver to Support Workers Rights Legislation
Conservatives and local government groups like the Colorado Municipal League also oppose the bill, which they say would violate provisions in the state Constitution…
EDITORIAL: The Gravel Pit, and the Pendulum, Part Two
“Uses by Zoning District in the County Regulations does not allow asphalt or concrete batch plants in Agricultural Ranching (AR) zoning district….”
Healthy Archuleta Invites Volunteers to Assist with Language Equity
Healthy Archuleta knows that language is powerful, as we work towards creating more equitable outcomes in the food system and health system here in Archuleta County…
HMPRESENTLY: So Stimulating!
Those old downtown buildings… I’d just stand there, gazing at them, totally transfixed. They were so svelte…
LETTER: Workforce Housing is Pagosa’s Most Serious Problem
Since the Town and County governments began seriously looking at our housing crisis, in 2016, we have added fewer than 50 affordable workforce housing units…
LETTER: Support for ‘Stop the Rocks’
Those who claim they have lived here with the ‘old mine’ in harmony for three or four decades are right, because the old mine was not a destructive mining operation…