Here is a slight close-up of Ms. Purcell’s map, showing the area surrounding downtown Pagosa Springs, with some identifying words added. Hatcher Lake. Walmart. Downtown. Wolf Creek Pass…
REVIEW: Busy McCarroll is Making Good Trouble
“I’m not so naive to think that a song can fix all of this,” says Busy. “These are systemic problems we’ve had in this country for a long time…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Totally Missed April Fools Day
It got so bad that the First Day of Spring was being celebrated on April 1. That’s when Pope Gregory XIII decided he’d had quite enough of this nonsense…
HMPRESENTLY: In The Same Boat?
And then I’m thinking… Heaven help us! We may be going down similar paths. Or the same collision course with an iceberg, the doomed ship…
Colorado Aims at Expansion of Public Lands
“It sounds nice as a slogan, and that’s helpful, but if you look at all the science and the data that’s out there, you can understand the need behind it…”
Durango’s COVID ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
“You can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a Texan,” explained Scott Perez, the man in the marshal get-up…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part One
But it takes basically the same number of employees, working the same number of hours, to treat and deliver 1,000 acre-feet of water as it takes to treat and deliver 2,000 acre-feet of water…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Romance of All-Day Protection
I’m thinking about protection this morning, because some forms of protection have a time limit…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Partners with Colorado Youth Corps Association
“As we monitor how human use and natural disasters impact our outdoor spaces, we have an obligation to work together to protect our trails so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come…”
LETTER: Considering Pagosa Wages
Last year I was working for a local businessman and when my check was handed to me, he said that the governing body that we work under stated that a certain wage was required…
OPINION: ‘American Jobs Plan’ to Include Civilian Conservation Corps Funding
“This plan will jumpstart our economy, by putting millions of Americans back to work addressing our nation’s infrastructure needs, and making needed changes to our energy grid…”
Feds Allow Reduced Testing in Colorado Schools
“The last thing students need is to have the brakes slammed on learning, to accommodate several weeks of standardized testing….”
EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Eight
In James Cameron’s film version of the Titanic disaster, the steersman spun the ship’s wheel “hard to starboard”, as far as the wheel would turn. It almost worked. But not quite…
Input Needed on Local Watershed Planning Effort, Today via Zoom
We need input from all water users on whether we have identified the issues and needs of the watersheds as you are experiencing them in your backyards and community…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ultimate Goal of Human Existence
Those of us blessed with a healthy dose of skepticism will argue that just making it through the day, well-fed and alive, is not the primary goal of human existence…
USDA Investment Will Improve National Forest, Grassland Infrastructure
“From modernizing campground to improving roads and enhancing trails, this investment will provide a much-needed boost to Colorado’s outdoor economy…”
HMPRESENTLY: Oldies But Goodies
‘Pickle.’ That’s another oldie but goodie when, rather than saying someone’s in a real bind, one says ‘What a pickle’ someone’s in!
OPINION: Environmental Groups Address Colorado’s Air Pollution Control
The joint comment applauds the APCD for its work in creating the 2021 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, while highlighting several critical opportunities…
Aid-In-Dying Bills Gain Momentum in the US
For decades, he’d lived in Montana, which they’d thought was one of the few places where terminally ill people could get a prescription to end their life…