La Plata Election Association (LPEA) staff hosted their Customer Appreciation Lunch at their downtown service center… with live music by the talented Tim Sullivan. The dance floor was open…
Colorado Set to Celebrate ‘National Public Lands Day’ Tomorrow
This year, partner organizations will be hosting events across the Forest to remove trash left behind at trailheads, along streams, and on high-use trails…
Secretary of State Opens Suit to Remove Tina Peters as Designated Election Official
In the brief, the Secretary of State outlined how Peters disregarded rules and compromised the security of Mesa County’s voting system…
OPINION: Disturbing News About Rep. Lauren Boebert
It’s no coincidence Lauren Boebert and her husband became flush with cash as soon as she ran for and got elected to Congress…
CDOT to Auction Property in La Plata County
Sealed bids accepted through October 21…
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Four
In my experience, it’s always easier to get a new tax approved, when the tax will be paid by someone other than the folks voting to approve it…
‘Smoke Screen’ Plaguing Colorado Air Quality Board, Part Three
And yet, throughout Colorado’s worst summer for air quality in many years, misconceptions about the role of wildfire smoke have been everywhere…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Sharing in the Governor’s Pride
And let me say, I am especially proud of Archuleta County. I don’t know what we did to deserve such a low incidence rate…
HMPRESENTLY: Just Be Cool and Quit Messing Around, Says God
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Maybe you’ve let that one, in the Ten Commandments, slide?…
Coloradans Will See Increase in SNAP Benefits, October 1
The resulting cost adjustment marks the first time the purchasing power of the plan has changed since it was first introduced in 1975, reflecting notable shifts in the food marketplace…
Fading, Off-Color Pine Needles Normal in Autumn
In Colorado, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, as well as some spruce and fir species, are the trees that are most commonly reported to be shedding needles in September and October…
EDITORIAL: The Best Things in Life are Free? Part Three
The commissioners allocated $280,000 to build a covered walkway connecting the County’s new $15 million jail to their new $6 million courthouse…
Wildfire Preparation, in the Fall
Most of our local forests have not seen a significant wildfire for over 100 years. That is a lot of time for unchecked growth of potential fuel…
‘Smoke Screen’ Plaguing Colorado Air Quality Board, Part Two
Polis himself twice refused to answer direct questions from Newsline about ETRP’s withdrawal at a September 1 event on transportation and climate policy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Fear of an Electric Overload
I did an online search to find this picture of Amazon founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos. The vehicle shown behind him is not one of the new all-electric delivery vans…
Colorado Secretary of State Proposes ‘Money-in-Politics’ Tracking System
“People are asking a lot of questions about what types of clients are hiring lobbyists and are those clients also supporting legislators via campaign contributions…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Searching the Gabby Petito Case
The media trumpeted a “retired Dade County detective”, not involved in the investigation, who publicly criticized the police department in North Port, Florida…
Public Demand for Firefighters is High
The increase in public demand and expectations placed on wildland firefighters to respond to ever larger and more intense wildfires is far from abating…
LPEA Offering ‘Member Appreciation Lunches’ in Pagosa and Durango This Week
Food provided by Smoken Moe’s Unreal BBQ and live music will be performed by Tim Sullivan…