Part of the process of building a reservoir — or pretty much any new water infrastructure — involves holding on to your water rights until you actually finish the project…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Lost My Learning… Can Joe Biden Help?
Those are just a few of the vocabulary words that have been lost — forever? — as a result of the transition to “remote learning” during the COVID pandemic….
HMPRESENTLY: Old Places… Good Vibes
And we’re wondering, considering the possible presence, and all, if our house, in some way, can sense what’s happening….
Lengthy Closure of US 160 Over Wolf Creek Pass This Morning
Motorists will encounter a lengthy delay of two hours or more and are urged to allow for extra travel time…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition
In real trials, jurors are instructed they can not base their verdict on whether they are angry at anyone…
VIDEO: A Year of Dangerous Snow
Your normal routes may not be good routes this year… and your previous avalanche precautions may not keep you out of a dangerous slide…
EDITORIAL: Town Government as Housing Provider, Part Eight
According to the Town’s 2021 budget, they expect to spend about $3.6 million on tourism, recreation, and recreation facility maintenance, this year…
Colorado Aiming for ‘Resiliency’
Local governments have the ability to build in resiliency into a number of local plans, including master or comprehensive plans…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Am I Blue? … I Mean, Level Blue?
Billie Holiday may have said it best, in 1947…
OPINION: Currency Devaluation Amidst COVID-19
Each paper note supposedly represented an amount of gold or silver as specified on the face of each paper note…
Trump Voters Forming ‘Patriot Party’ in Colorado?
“The Patriot Party is a repudiation of the GOP for the central fact that they weren’t very supportive of the president…”
Supplements for the Treatment of Mild COVID-19
Although supplements are generally thought of as benign because of their over-the-counter availability, they are not necessarily free from adverse effects…
OPINION: What Some May Believe
The great Sufic poet Rumi said: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there…”
EDITORIAL: Town Government as Housing Provider, Part Seven
We can easily understand why a municipal planning organization would want to prohibit affordable housing in as many places as practical…
A Shared Health Project at Pagosa Peak Open School
Two kindergartners from Ms. Emily’s class, Amalie and Zeke, made informational videos about COVID and other germs…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Cupid and the Pandemic of Love
How could a cute little guy with white wings, a round, pink bum, and curly blond hair be even the slightest bit naughty?
La Plata County Drops Quickly from ‘Blue’ to ‘Yellow’
“After weeks of lower metrics, La Plata County is seeing a rise in cases and test positivity rates which can be attributed in part to indoor social gatherings…”
HMPRESENTLY: Snaky?
In dictionaries, ‘snaky’ reflects “the supposed nature of a snake in showing coldness and venom…”
LETTER: Call Someplace Paradise…
I have been enjoying Mr. Hudson editorials regarding the Town as a housing provider…