This is not to excuse what happened to American Indians after the arrival of white Europeans. It only illustrates similar things had been going on amongst the Indians themselves long before that arrival…
COVID Cases Down 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers, Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
“A lot of my members are not too excited about taking this vaccine because they’re afraid,” Lewis said….
Prepared for a Winter Storm in Colorado?
Yesterday, Governor Polis issued verbal authorization to activate the Colorado National Guard over a 72-hour period, starting today…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Five
But the BOCC did weigh in, last month, on the subject of access to federal lands, by sending a letter to “For Whom It May Concern”…
Volunteers Welcome at Chimney Rock National Monument
In my three years as a volunteer, I have had the opportunity to learn about Puebloan architecture, lifestyle, food and water sources and cultural practices…
ESSAY: Maine Farm Girl & Kansas Grain Farmer Talk Climate on the Train
He and I craned our heads up at the giant windmills. I cracked a joke about newfangled inventions…
OPINION: The Return of Jim Crow
This puts voter suppression into the deep context of American racism. The wound is still wide open…
SJBPH’s Liane Jollon Receives AMA ‘Outstanding Government Service’ Award
“Liane’s leadership and scientific integrity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is a model for thousands of public health leaders throughout Colorado and the country…”
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Four
She discusses the curious situation where company or organization is heading for a massive failure, and everyone can see it coming, but management continues to act as if everything is hunky dory…
Colorado Reacts to the Stimulus Package
“Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up… and Neither Do You
Ms. Nuwer proposes here that “science” has confirmed the fact that we don’t know when to shut up. My ex-wife Darlene would also be happy to confirm the fact, no doubt…
HMPRESENTLY: What’s What… With Who’s Who?
“I feel very optimistic about our ability to have great relationships to cities,” noted Mr. Chesky, who thinks his business may be trending toward “becoming less transient…”
St. Patrick’s to Celebrate St. Patrick on Sunday, March 14
After the service, the Episcopal Church Women will offer a fellowship time in the parking lot, serving Irish coffee, cocoa and traditional Irish goodies…
Vietnam-era Veterans to be Honored on March 29
We make no distinction between veterans who served in-country, in-theater or who were stationed elsewhere during the Vietnam War period…
Town of Pagosa Springs Invites Participation in LUDC Update
What do you want to see more of in Pagosa Springs? Or less of? More parking/less parking, more housing/less housing, more density/less density…?
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Three
Should we have “debt” included in our conceptual map? Easier said than done. We can’t easily create a map of consumer debt, or even business debt, in Archuleta County in 2021…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Is It Safe to Kiss, Yet?
Reading through the CDC’s March 8 guidance, I found 29 references to “risk” behaviors. But the word “kiss” doesn’t appear anywhere in the entire document…
OPINION: A Frame of Reference for Health Care Reform
When evaluating these and other proposals for healthcare reform, it is important to remember that there are not likely to be any “perfect” solutions…
Children’s Mental Health During a Pandemic: ‘We Forgot About Fun’
It was a rough year and Robles knows firsthand that grief and anxiety affected her four children, especially Guillermo and his 8-year-old brother Gael…