“We found a beautiful house with great bones but was somewhat neglected and in need of love and attention…”
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Six
We’re now a half century past the Bureau of Reclamation’s heyday during the 1960s, when we were making the American West great again…
Pagosa’s Charter School Connecting Students, Local Producers with ‘Farm to School’
The National Farm to School Program was started in 2007 to encourage schools to serve fresh and local food to students…
HMPRESENTLY: Speaking of ‘Programmatic’…
Advertising executives liked to emphasize the substantial number of impressions their ad campaigns were generating…
Colorado Bill Seeks to Suspend State-wide School Testing This Year
The bill would order the Colorado Department of Education to ask the US Department of Education for a waiver to testing requirements…
LETTER: The US Bears a Special Responsibility
President Biden’s move, however, has been criticized by a number of Republicans, including Representative Lauren Boebert…
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Five
When the people paying the taxes have no idea how their taxes are being used, or how they might be used in the future, it poses a problem…
Crises in the Colorado Courts
‘We as a branch are in crisis’: Colorado’s Chief Justice speaks about allegations during his annual address to lawmakers…
EDITORIAL: The Joys of Owning a Vacation Rental in Pagosa Springs, Part Three
“Quite a few people (257) did not answer this question, the highest refusal rate of any question in the survey….”
SLOW BLEED: Colorado Child Care Providers Struggle to Survive
“I remember breaking down in my office talking to some of my board members saying, ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do’…”
Creede Rep Announces ‘To the Moon’ Partnership with Rise Above Violence
“Statistics are not the most powerful way to change someone’s mind. Stories are…”
OPINION: Conservation Groups File Challenge to Doomed Hydropower Project
“Unsustainable use of the Colorado River has already taken this life source to its knees,” said Jen Pelz…
Community Foundation Donations More than Double in 2020
“Our funders value educational endeavors as a priority, especially now, with schools so dramatically impacted by the changes the pandemic has brought to our educational systems…”
EDITORIAL: The Joys of Owning a Vacation Rental in Pagosa Springs, Part Two
“The rental property must be the owner’s principal residence; principal residence is defined as the dwelling unit in which a person resides for more than one half of the year….”
Gov. Polis Calls for Reduced Taxes, Funding for Transportation Projects
Polis honored a handful of Colorado health care workers “whose sacrifices stand out,” he said, “even among so many everyday acts of generosity and heroism….”
EDITORIAL: Dragons, Unicorns, and Colorado’s Water Crisis, Part Four
2019 had been something of a banner year, in terms of abundant water supplies in Colorado… unlike some of the more ‘drought-prone’ years we’ve experienced since 2001…
Dear Editor… Let Us Entertain You
We are big entertainers and would love to “set up shop” preferably in a central location near all the action…
Junior Duck Stamp Contest in Full Flight
The first-place design from the national contest is used to create the official Junior Duck Stamp for the following year…
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Coalition to Introduce Immigration Reform Legislation
Modeled off of President Biden’s bold plan, the US Citizenship Act of 2021 restores fairness and humanity to system, and opens a pathway to citizenship for millions…