“It was a gut reaction,” said Brubaker. “I looked at the sky and I knew that I needed to get out of here…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Five
Pagosa has a huge supply of potential volunteers, for those who can find a way to motivate them…
How to ‘Beat the Peak’ on Your LPEA Electricity Bill
By shifting some of your energy use to hours when demand is lower, also known as off-peak hours, you can save money on your LPEA bill…
EDITORIAL: The Calculus of STRs, and the Third Law of Motion
The Baby Boomers are now retiring, or have retired, and have bought up most of the property in Pagosa Springs, apparently…
OPINION: Civilizing the Savage
Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian Territory…
Literary Ladies Book Club Meets Tonight, Friday July 23
We will be discussing “The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)” by Terri Lynne DeFino…
Colorado Arrives at the Dawn of Megafires, Part Two
“What’s striking is that temperatures and correspondingly fire are now exceeding the range that these forests have coped with for thousands of years…”
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Four
And maybe one other thing: that we don’t currently have a central agency addressing the housing issue, that can coordinate contributions…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Intelligence, or Lack Thereof
But obviously, judging from the number of small flying insects that get added to the web every day, someone is not paying attention…
HMPRESENTLY: Filling up With Fog
Around the San Francisco Bay Area, that happens quite often…
Fire Restrictions Rescinded Within San Juan National Forest
This means campfires are now allowed outside of established campgrounds and recreation sites…
CDPHE Publishes Recommendations for Schools
CDC guidance is aimed at disease control and minimizing the risk of exposure in education settings…
Colorado Arrives at the Dawn of Megafires, Part One
Temperatures will rise. Wildfires will become larger, more unpredictable. Welcome to the age of megafires…
EDITORIAL: Too Many Tourists, Part Three
Of course, these numbers will be dramatically different in 2021. Everything is different in 2021. The housing market. Rental rates. Summer traffic. Wait times at local restaurants…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Joe Says Facebook is Killing Us… Like, Duh
I guess technically, the President wasn’t saying that Facebook is killing everybody. Only certain people…
OPINION: Tear Out Your Turf
Colorado residents have conserved water well. They have to do better…
OPINION: A Plan for Parking, That You Can Use
We have a bizarre amount of parking: the data we’ve now gotten a look at affirms that we rarely use even 70% of the public parking…
US Representative Ken Buck Heading Up ‘Anti-Big-Tech’ Caucus
“If you think Big Tech is bad now, just wait until Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google are working in collusion with Big Government….”
How the 1619 Project Ignited the ‘Critical Race Theory’ Backlash
By February, Republican lawmakers in Iowa, Georgia, and Arkansas have filed bills to block the use of The 1619 Project and critical race theory in the classroom…