So I’m not complaining, and I’m not blaming the Council either. They are trying to do the best they can, with limited information, and with a sense of loyalty to their own bureaucracy…
Colorado Asks for FEMA Help to Staff Hospitals, Halts Elective Surgeries
“It feels like a lot of people in Colorado are ready to be done with this… They want to behave as if everything is normal, but unfortunately things are not normal…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Sticking It To the Children… Or, Into the Children
“The eligibility of 5 to 11-year-olds for COVID-19 vaccine is a really positive step for our community, and one that families have been waiting for…”
HMPRESENTLY: Crazy Woo-Woo, and Common Threads
I have no idea why certain words come to me, usually between three and four in the morning. A friend of ours who’s studied strange phenomena, says it’s ‘woo-woo’…
LETTER: The Necessities of Life
The Climate Vulnerable Forum is a partnership of countries from places like Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that are highly threatened by climate impacts…
LIBRARY NEWS: Books Can Be Popular Companions for Kids
Also today, Thursday, November 4, representatives from San Juan Basin Public Health will be at the library from noon-1pm to discuss health insurance…
Grant Funding for Colorado Businesses ‘Disproportionately’ Impacted by COVID
The Disproportionately Impacted Business Grant provides funding to Colorado businesses that were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and did not receive meaningful access to federal loans and grants…
EDITORIAL: LPEA Considers a ‘Ménage à trois’ with Tri-State, Crossover Energy
“The partial contract option can be a win-win for La Plata and other coops, and Tri-State and the generation and transmission business model,” Mr. Bridges stated…
OPINION: Five Community Values for Building a Strong Town
When we study pre-Depression cities, we find that most of what was built was adaptable. That’s the legacy of building in a time when you couldn’t afford to make mistakes…
Colorado Voters Rejecting Three Ballot Measures, in Unofficial Results
According to early returns reported by the Colorado Secretary of State on Tuesday evening, November 2, it appeared that all three of the statewide ballot measures were destined to go down in defeat…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Take The Staples.com ‘Should I Work from Home’ Quiz
“Since the beginning of the modern office, employers have traditionally enforced a rigid 9-to-5 office schedule, believing that it was the only way to function effectively…”
EDITORIAL: The Agony of Owning a Vacation Rental, Part Three
He chuckled. “And it’s difficult to create a ‘balance’ by creating a lot of pain for people doing certain things one way, in order to encourage people to do long-term rentals…
State Government Announces Proposal for $17 Million in Waived Business Filing Fees
As the economy continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, this proposal is intended to keep money in the pockets of small business owners across the state…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Really Want to Be Your Friend… if You Can Afford Me
“…I’m new in Tokyo, and sweaty, and jet-lagged. But I am entirely at ease. I owe this to my friend Miyabi. She’s one of those reassuring presences, warm and eternally nodding and unfailingly loyal…”
SJBPH to Host Public Health Resource Series in Archuleta County
“This series will allow residents to meet with the public health workers serving their community, to ask questions and find out more about the programs available…”
No Congressional Deal for Biden, Heading into UN Climate Conference
“If President Biden’s Build Back Better plan is not passed by Congress, the U.S. will take yet another hit on the international stage…”
Pueblo, Colorado, Going Nuclear?
Driving into Pueblo, the Comanche Generating Station is merely a speck on the horizon, just a few smoke stacks rising above the plains…
Signs of Life in the Riverwalk Wetlands
Across the wetlands are narrow trails cut through the vegetation, and trenches carved through the sediment. Many of these are left by muskrats, one of the most sophisticated users of the dead reeds…
EDITORIAL: The Agony of Owning a Vacation Rental, Part Two
In other words, participation on AirBNB and VRBO and the rest of the popular booking platforms is a double-edged sword, if a rental owner is trying game the system…