In 1970, when Ralph Eaton and his company began building out the 21-square-miles of suburban neighborhoods known today as Pagosa Lakes, we understood that Americans were rejecting the big-city lifestyle…
Heidi Ganahl Launches Campaign for Colorado Governor
“Colorado needs a comeback, and I’m here to give back to the greatest state in the nation…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Millions of Good-paying Jobs, Please, If You Don’t Mind
“There is no better place for the President to outline a clear vision for how his administration plans to build back better…”
HMPRESENTLY: My Mind’s Eye
There’s this guy, with his back to us, who, in my mind’s eye, isn’t wearing a mask…
Archuleta Democratic Club to Hear About Broadband at September 21 Meeting
The speaker will be Eric Hittle of Echo IT Consulting who will talk about the future of high-speed broadband in Archuleta County…
2021 ColorFest is Here!
On Saturday morning, beginning at about 7:30am, over 35 hot air balloons will take to the skies in the downtown area…
EDITORIAL: My 11th Opinion About Pagosa’s Future, Part Three
Young families, escaping from other places, were finding Pagosa to be affordable and attractive. Within a few years, the School District was proposing a new high school…
Joe Biden Visits NREL, Pitching ‘Clean Energy’
Joe Biden made his first visit to Colorado as president on Tuesday, stopping at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden…
READY, FIRE, AIM: It is Forbidden To Use After Expiration
The masks were made in China. In Guangzhou, to be exact. By a company called ‘Sunrise Nursing’…
Community Members Invited to Apply for Open Position on SJBPH Board of Health
San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) is seeking a qualified individual to serve on its Board of Health…
Colorado Community Colleges Suffer a COVID Hit
The pandemic impacted Colorado community college fall enrollment. But not as much as school leaders feared…
EDITORIAL: My 11th Opinion About Pagosa’s Future, Part Two
Looking back, we can see that the wholesale destruction of ‘slum’ neighborhoods, and their replacement with high-rise public housing projects, was an unmitigated disaster…
Electro-Fishing in the Animas River
Tuesday and Wednesday, fish were collected by electro-fishing, which does not harm the fish but momentarily stuns them so they can be easily netted from a raft…
Biden Administration Pressuring States to Drop Bans on School Masking Mandates
“Federal law prohibits administering policies in ways that have the effect of excluding students with disabilities…”
ESSAY: Ideas from ‘The Enlightenment’ Arrive in America
In his many writings, Hobbes repeatedly affronted the clergy. A bishop accused him of atheism, possibly punishable by death. The allegation subsided, then flared again…
Stolen, Missing Military Weapons Addressed by Proposed Legislation
“…this bill will not only ensure military officials are acting as good stewards, but also prevent our military resources from falling into the wrong hands…”
Forest Service to Reopen Ice Lake Trail in Silverton, Tomorrow, Sept. 15
The area has been closed since October 2020 and the landscape is still recovering from the 2020 Ice Fire…
Wandering Moose Relocated Out of Downtown Durango
“Through lots of patience and the support and cooperation of neighbors, we were able to safely get the moose down the hill…”
EDITORIAL: My 11th Opinion About Pagosa’s Future, Part One
I’ve been working my way through a book written in 1961 — a classic on urban planning: ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’, by Jane Jacobs…