“The first trip gave me my confidence boost,” she said. “I made it to the top of that one and I feel invincible now, like I can rock climb anything…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Presents ‘Pollinators’ to Garden Club
“Bats?” murmured one audience member while listening to Pagosa Peak Open School’s presentation about pollination given to the Mountain High Garden Club…
Fresh Faces, Fewer Tools: Meet the New Bosses Fighting COVID
At least 26 states have passed laws or regulations limiting the powers of public health officers this year, meaning these replacements have fewer tools and less authority…
$2.39 Million in COVID-19 Relief Potentially Paid in Error to Colorado Landlords?
In total, the Division of Housing sent more than $50 million in relief payments to 1,600 landlords through the POP program, which ended in June…
CDHS Receives $1 Million Grant for Child Support Services
“The two-gen approach encourages CDHS programs to serve children and their caregivers together, to harness the family’s full potential…”
States and Tribes Contemplate the Colorado River in Serious Decline
“These decisions have significant psychological, sociological and economic impacts to the communities,” she said…
EDITORIAL: A Few Thoughts About Community Development, Part One
“And… I’m just very… concerned… about the type of people who are coming here… because I saw it all over the Western Slope…”
Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Military Suicide
The bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to immediately address military suicide rates by evaluating the effectiveness of their suicide prevention efforts…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Will Never Be Fully Vaccinated
Someone posted an image of a holy man — apparently, a patron saint — holding a sleepy-eyed capybara, with the caption, “Rezale a San Carpincho para que no tengas Covid-19…”
HMPRESENTLY: Acronyms in the Spotlight
TMTG, recently announcing former President Trump’s new SPAC-funded social media site, that may give Facebook, Twitter and other established social media sites a run for their money…
VIDEO: What To Do If You Encounter a Mountain Lion
Southwest Colorado is prime mountain lion habitat, as indicated by 107 mountain lion sightings already this year across the region…
National Suicide Prevention Phone Number to Launch Next Year, But 10-Digit Dialing Required Now
Coloradans should continue to call Colorado Crisis Services as new dialing procedures take effect…
Camping Crunch Comes to Colorado
Compared to other regions of the country, the Western United States saw the biggest increase in reservable camping activity, although the trend of increasingly full campgrounds was consistent…
EDITORIAL: Freeing Ourselves from the Tourism Trap, Part Eight
At the conclusion of the discussion, Council member Mat deGraaf volunteered to meet with the citizens who’ve proposed two ballot questions…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Why I Really, Really Hate China
I gather, from Senator Bennet’s remarks, that he hates China as much as I do, but for slightly different reasons…
HMPRESENTLY: One Screwy Thing After Another
I started writing this column, featuring ‘screwy,’ late Wednesday, with something about reality shows in the first draft…
SJBPH Will Begin Administering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Booster Doses Starting Today, Oct. 22
The FDA and CDC now approve eligible individuals to “mix and match” and get a different vaccine type for their booster than the vaccine they originally received…
ESSAY: Learning a New Language is Exhausting
They had not yet learned to speak English, making it difficult to learn much in any of their classes…
Colorado Supreme Court Denies Tina Peters’ Appeal Regarding Mesa County Elections
Peters has been under scrutiny since she allowed an unauthorized person to attend Mesa County’s “trusted build” software update…